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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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The children's department of the Royal Dental Hospital School of Dental
Surgery is initiating a service for these children and it may be that cooperation
with them will bring considerable advantages to the patients.
Dental statistics will be found on page 60.
ENURESIS CLINIC
I am grateful to Dr. Margaret White for the following report:-
Three children were referred to the Child Guidance Clinic because it was felt that their enuresis was only one symptom of a much greater emotional disturbance.
| Total attendance | 279 | Boys - 182 Girls - 97 | |
| Still attending | 105 | ||
| Discharged Dry | 120 | ||
| Discharged for non-attendance | 44 | ||
| Left District | 6 | ||
| Lodge Road Clinic | 173 | ||
| New Addington Clinic | 63 | ||
| Purley Clinic | 43 | ||
| Referred to Urologist | 5 | ||
| Referred to Child Guidance Clinic | 3 | ||
| Used Buzzer | 90 | ||
| Age (Years) | 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | ||
| Number in Group | 4 30 48 58 37 32 25 13 12 11 5 6 | ||
SCHOOL EYE CLINICS
I am grateful to Dr. Derek Clarke for the following report.
Children up to school leaving age are seen at the School Eye Clinics,
which are held at Purley, Sanderstead and Parkway, for various eye defects
referred by local authority staff and general practitioners