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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: PART 3

PART 3

Number of cases known to have been dealt with
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint6
Errors of refraction (including squint)1101
Total1107
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed479

Table: TABLE B - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

TABLE B - DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

Number of cases known to have been dealt with
Received operative treatment -(a) for diseases of the ear46
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis365
(c) for other nose and throat conditions7
Received other forms of treatment64
Total482
Total number of pupils still on the register of schools at 31st December 1968, known to have been provided with hearing aids:— (a) during the calendar year 19686
(b) in previous years88

Table: TABLE C - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS

TABLE C - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS

Number known to have been treated
(a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patients depts.389
(b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects41
Total430

Table: TABLE D - DISEASES OF THE SKIN

TABLE D - DISEASES OF THE SKIN

Number of pupils known to have been treated
Ringworm - (a) Scalp-
(b) Body2
Scabies21
Impetigo5
Other skin diseases47
Total75

Table: TABLE E - CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT

TABLE E - CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT

Number known to have been treated
Pupils treated at Child Guidance clinics209