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Total Attendance 271 Boys - 176 Girls - 95
Still Attending 109
Discharged Dry 81
Discharged for Non-Attendance 45
Left District 1
Lodge Road Clinic 150
New Addington 78
Purley 43
Referred to Urologist 6
Referred to Child Guidance Clinic 2
Used Buzzer 133
Age 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
No. 15 67 48 36 38 27 16 10 8 2 4
SCHOOL EYE CLINICS
I am grateful to Dr. Derek Clarke for the following report:—
School Eye Clinics are held regularly at Purley, Sanderstead and New
Addington for the treatment of those eye defects detected on routine school
medical examination, and of children referred to the Clinics by Local
Authority staff and general practitioners.
These Clinics are especially geared to the requirements of children of
school age, and the service which they provide is reinforced by the followup
facilities, referral system from school inspections, and the reciprocal
arrangements which exist with the Hospital Eye Service and with other
facilities in the School Medical Service. Children of pre-school age are also
seen at these Clinics.
Statistics are to be found on Page 60.
HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Miss D.S. Elliott, S.R.N., H.V. Cert., D.H.E.
Principal Health Education Officer
Awareness of the importance of discussion or 'Health education' on the
concepts of health and health behaviour and its interdisciplinary nature continued
to grow in Croydon schools during 1971. In a society of changing
values and attitudes, personal choices and the influences which effect them
are not always easy to identify. Therefore, new ideas, materials and methods
were constantly tried and monitored and Health Education Officers attempted
to anticipate the needs of teachers in this area of their work. The lecture
room and workshop were widely used by teachers and others and its resources
fully extended.