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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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64
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED BY HEAD TEACHERS
Disease
1966
1965
1964
Chicken Pox
1,000
273
364
Conjunctivitis
16
1
—
Diphtheria
—
—
—
Gastro-Enteritis
13
4
—
German Measles
246
134
54
Impetigo
14
10
2
Jaundice
4
1
21
Measles
464
291
214
Mumps
953
30
610
Non-Specific Diarrhoea incl. Dysentery
773
593
27
Non-Specific Vomiting
95
107
191
Other Diseases
320
34
5
Poliomyelitis
(Body
—
—
—
2
2
—
Ringworm or Vermin (Scalp
—
—
—
Scabies
3
6
—-
Scarlet Fever
92
61
21
Sore Throat (incl Tonsillitis)
51
15
—
Whooping Cough
25
19
62
TOTAL
4,071
1,581
1,571
WORK OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH VISITORS AND NURSES
Home Visits re pupils 1,207 Visits
Social/Welfare Visits to Schools 545 Visits
Minor Ailments 920 Sessions
Hygiene 532
Pre-Medical 1,005 „
Routine Medical Inspections 1,175 „
Follow-up 45 „
Contagious and Infectious Diseases 64 „
Immunisation 62 „
Health Survey 46 „
Health Education 65 „
Enuresis Clinics 75 „
Audiology 189 „
Eye Clinic 65 „
Inspection Clinics 60 „