Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III
CONDITIONS NOTIFIED BY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ENQUI R Y OFFICERS AND CONFIRMED BY HEALTH VISITORS 1959
| School Population | Measles | German Measles | Whooping Cough | Chicken Pox | Mumps | Scabie s | Impetigo | Ringworm | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Dysentery | Poliomyelitis | Jaundice | Conjunctivitis | Sore Throat | Other Diseases | Enteric Group | Erysipelas | Vermin | Meningococcal Infection | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body | Scalp | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Saints | 221 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 6 |
| Arch. Tenison | 303 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ashburton | 186 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Benson | 581 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Beulah | 780 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 22 |
| Castle Hill | 957 | 7 | - | 3 | 31 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 24 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103 |
| Coloma | 569 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Crossfield Nursery | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Croydon High | 888 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Croydon Tech. | 401 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cypress | 409 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Davidson | 601 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 |
| Duppas | 365 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 |
| Ecclesbourne | 505 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Elmwood | 864 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Fairchildes | 2025 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 88 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 96 |
| Gilbert Scott | 725 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 71 |
| Gonville | 575 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Good Shepherd | 303 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 |
| Heath Clark | 654 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Howard | 379 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Ingram | 709 | 18 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 37 |
| John Newnham | 539 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Ruskin | 591 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Kensington Avenue | 719 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Kingsley | 816 | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| 621 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 5 | |