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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT
The work of the School Clinics.
| 1959 | 1958 | Increase or decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 5,827 | 7,607 | - 1,780 |
| Inspection Clinic | 818 | 390 | + 428 |
| Dental Clinics | 23,083 | 24,030 | 947 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 6,220 | 5,468 | + 752 |
| Enuresis Clinic | 563 | 619 | 56 |
| 36,511 | 38. 114 | - 1,603 |
At the Lodge Road Clinic 323 defects involved 2,033 attendances,while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School 218 defects,921 attendances; at Duppas School 517 defects,1,641 attendances; at Rockmount School 210 defects,876 attendances; and at Addington 83 defects,356 attendances.
| Complaint | 1959 | 1958 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No,of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Impetigo | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 8 | 53 | 6.6 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 26 | 75 | 2.9 | 24 | 105 | 4. 4 |
| External Eye Disease | 57 | 165 | 2.9 | 78 | 182 | 2. 4 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,243 | 5,501 | 4.4 | 1,484 | 4,59 4 | 3. 1 |
| 1,352 | 5,827 | 4. 3 | 1,606 | 4,956 | 3. 1 | |