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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MINOR AILMENTS CLINICS
Defects | 1967 | 1966 | ||||
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Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
Ringworm | - | _ | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | |
Scabies | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 4.0 |
Impetigo | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 18 | 40 | 2.2 |
Other Skin Diseases | 64 | 190 | 3.0 | 82 | 249 | 3.0 |
Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 |
External Eye Defects | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 16 | 30 | 2.0 |
Verrucae | 964 | 6,720 | 7.0 | 997 | 7,313 | 7.3 |
Miscellaneous | 508 | 2,529 | 5.0 | 452 | 1,864 | 4.1 |
1,555 | 9,475 | 6.1 | 1,579 | 9,525 | 6.0 |
PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINICS L ST. JAMES'S ROAD
Respiratory conditions | 90 | 3.0 | 288 | 93 | 3.1 | |
Orthopaedic | 1,630 | 654 | 2.5 | 1,716 | 686 | 2.5 |
1,904 | 744 | 2,004 | 779 |
98 cases treated.
n. NEW ADDINGTON
1967 | 1966 | |||||
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Attendances | Classes | Ave. Att. | Attendances | Classes | Ave Att. | |
Respiratory conditions | 55 | 33 | 1.6 | 58 | 35 | 1.7 |
Orthopaedic " | 447 | 100 | 4.5 | 471 | 105 | 4.5 |
502 | 133 | 529 | 140 |
82 cases treated.
III. PURLEY/SANDERSTEAD
1967 | 1966 | |||||
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Attendances | Children | Ave. Att. | Attendances | Children | Ave. Att. | |
Respiratory conditions | 1,352 | ( 51) | 14.3 | 1,950 | ( 53 ) | 14.4 |
Orthopaedic | ( 78) | ( 82 ) | ||||
1,852 | 129 | 1,950 | 135 |