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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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APPENDIX F
SPINAL AND OTHER REMEDIAL CLINICS (LODGE ROAD)
| 1962 | 1961 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances | Classes | Av. att. | Attendances | Classes | Av. att. | |
| Spinal | 1,640 | 413 | 4.0 | 1,761 | 420 | 4.2 |
| Plat Feet | 1,525 | 416 | 3.7 | 2,542* | 479 | 5.3 |
| Breathing | 275 | 80 | 3.4 | 390 | 195 | 2.0 |
| 3,440 | 909 | 4,693 | 1,094 | |||
| *45 treated by Faradism. | ||||||
153 individual cases were treated and 318 examinations were
made by a doctor.
SPINAL AND OTHER REMEDIAL CLINICS (NEW ADDINGT0N)
| 1962 | 19 61 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances | Classes | Av. att. | Attendances | Classes | ki. att. | |
| Spinal | 552 | 43 | 12.8 | 562 | 46 | 12.2 |
| Flat Feet | 905 | 86 | 10.5 | 906 | 92 | 9.8 |
| Breathing | 320 | 43 | 7.4 | 324 | 46 | 7.0 |
| 1,777 | 172 | 1,792 | 184 | |||
124 individual cases were treated.
WORK OF SCHOOL NURSES
| School Visits | |
|---|---|
| Visits to School Departments re Cleanliness | 291 |
| Visits re Scabies or Ringworm | 10 |
| Visits re Infectious Disease | 2 |
| Visits re Medical Inspections | 634 |
| Visits re Medical Preparations | 460 |
| All other reasons | 497 |
| Home Visits | |
| Concerning defects found at routine medical inspections | 526 |
| Subsequent visits re defects found at routine medical inspections | 175 |
| Visits re special cases | 1,167 |
| Visits other than infectious cases | 1,688 |
| Visits in connection with infectious cases | 162 |