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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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APPENDIX E TREATMENT The Work of the School Clinics.
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1960 | 1959 | Increase or decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 6,553 | 5,827 | + 726 |
| Inspection Clinic | 1,180 | 8 18 | + 362 |
| Dental clinics | 23,367 | 23,083 | + 284 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 6,819 | 6,220 | + 599 |
| Enuresis Clinic | 743 | 563 | + 180 |
| Audiology Clinic | 300 | — | + 300 |
| 38,962 | 36,511 | + 2,451 |
MINOR AILMENTS CLINICS
| Clinic | Defects | At tendances | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodge Road | 395 | 2,527 | ||||
| Ashburton school | 399 | 803 | ||||
| Duppas School | 485 | 1,854 | ||||
| Rockmount School | 530 | 917 | ||||
| Addington | 181 | 452 | ||||
| Complaint | 1960 | |||||
| At tendances | At tendances | |||||
| Ringworm | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scabies | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Impetigo | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 9 | 41 | 4.6 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 28 | 57 | 2.0 | 15 | 43 | 2.9 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear Defects | 42 | 66 | 1.6 | 26 | 75 | 2.9 |
| External Eye Disease | 124 | 190 | 1.5 | 57 | 165 | 2.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,349 | 3,540 | 2.6 | 1, 243 | 5,501 | 4.4 |
| 1,557 | 3,884 | 2.5 | 1. 352 | 5,827 | 4.3 | |