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Croydon 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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PART 3

TABLE A. - EYE DISEASES. DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

	Number of cases dealt with
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint	81
Errors of Refraction (Including squint)	1,675
Total	1,756
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed	1. 186
TABLE B. - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR. NOSE AND THROAT
	Number of cases known to hare been dealt with
Received operative treatment -
(a) for diseases of the ear	-
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis	585
(c) for other nose and throat conditions Received other forms of treatment Ear	-
(Minor Ailments Clinic)	26
Total	611
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with hearing aids -
(a) in 1959	19
(b) in previous years	24
TABLE C. - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
	Number of cases known to hare been treated
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or outpatients departments	216
(b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects	9
Total	225
TABLE D. - DISEASES OF THE SKIN (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Table II)
	Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year
Ringworm -
(i) Scalp	-
(ii) Body	1
Scabies	12
Impetigo	8
Other Skin Diseases	15
Total	36