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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MINOR AILMENTS CLINICS
| Defects | 1967 | 1966 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||