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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT. The Work of the School Clinics.
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1951 | 1950 | Increase or Decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments Clinic | 9238 | 10736 | — 1498 |
| Inspection Clinic | 2739 | 3573 | — 834 |
| Dental Clinics | 27529 | 20434 | + 7095 |
| Orthopaedic Clinic | 434 | 512 | — 78 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 12608 | 11154 | + 1454 |
| Nose and Throat Clinic | 2721 | 1885 | + 836 |
| Rheumatism Clinic | 91 | 148 | — 57 |
| Verruca Clinic | 3112 | 2867 | + 245 |
| 58472 | 51309 |
The Minor Ailments Clinics.
At the Lodge Road Clinic 1,460 defects involved 7,326 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School 149 defects, 740 attendances; at the Duppas School 581 defects, 3,125 attendances and at Rockmount School 166 defects, 985 attendances.
| Complaint | 1951 | 1950 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 16 | 80 | 5.0 |
| Scabies | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 14 | 37 | 2.6 |
| Impetigo | 29 | 195 | 6.7 | 37 | 408 | 11.0 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 67 | 497 | 7.4 | 84 | 298 | 3.5 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 131 | 610 | 4.7 | 225 | 1254 | 5.6 |
| External Eye Disease | 200 | 845 | 4.2 | 215 | 776 | 3.6 |
| Miscellaneous | 1428 | 7020 | 4.9 | 2032 | 10750 | 5.3 |
| 1878 | 9238 | 4.9 | 2623 | 13603 | 5.2 | |
Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsils.
During 1951, 831 children were operated upon for adenoids
and enlarged tonsils, and 2,721 attendances were made at the
Throat Clinic.