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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MINOR AILMENTS CLINICS (continued)
| Defects | 1965 | 1964 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Atten-dan ce s | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | _ | - | ||||
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | - | ||
| Impetigo | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 |
| Other skin Diseases | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 34 | 67 | 2.0 |
| External Eye Disease | 22 | 52 | 2.3 | 37 | 82 | 2.2 |
| Verruca | 719 | 5,551 | 7.7 | 315 | 2,9 40 | 9.3 |
| Miscellaneous | 341 | 1,464 | 4.3 | 364 | 1,9 48 | 5.3 |
| 1, 121 | 7,223 | 6.4 | 761 | 5, 078 | 6.7 | |
PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINICS I. ST. JAMES'S ROAD
| 1965 | 1964 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances | Classes | Ave. Att. | Attendances | Classes | Ave. Att. | |
| Breathing | 499 | 131 | 3.8 | 511 | 96 | 5.3 |
| Plat Feet | 1,081* | 341 | 3.2 | 1,560 | 389 | 4.0 |
| Posture | 1,588 | 405 | 3.9 | 1,845 | 427 | 4.3 |
| 3,168 | 877 | 3,916 | 912 | |||
♦includes 31 treated by Paradism
119 cases were treated and 211 examinations were made by doctors.
II NEW ADDINGTON
| 1965 | 2964 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances | Classes | Ave. Att. | Attendances | Classes | Ave. Att. | |
| Breathing | 65 | 35 | 1.9 | 185 | 40 | 4.6 |
| Flat Feet | 291 | 70 | 4.2 | 520 | 80 | 6.5 |
| Posture | 355 | 35 | 10.1 | 425 | 40 | 10.6 |
| 711 | 140 | 1,130 | 160 | |||
91 cases were treated.