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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: AT RISK REGISTER YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1968

AT RISK REGISTER YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1968

Number added to Register during 19681,088
Number on Register at 31.12.682,258
No. of 8 month checks carried out during 19681,018
(No. of 1 year checks carried out January - April 1968)163
No. of 2 year checks carried out during 1968488

Table: Referrals and Retests 1968

Referrals and Retests 1968

Born 1968.No. to be seen again at Child Health Centre4
No. referred to Stycar Hearing Clinic,Dr. Morgan4
Born 1967.No. to be seen again at Child Health Centre22
No. referred to Stycar Hearing Clinic,Dr. Morgan8
No. referred to Hospital for Specialist opinion5
Born 1966.No. of children, where some defect found, and
still to be kept under observation75
No. referred to Handicapped Register7
Born 1964 and 1965.No. referred to Handicapped Register6
No. still to be kept under observation57