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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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xxviii. Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912.
APPENDIX XVI.
COUNCIL SCHEME AILMENTS, i.e., EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DEFECTS AND MINOR AILMENTS. Return showing the results of the re-inspection of Children from August, 1912, to Christmas, 1912.
Number of defects under revision. | Form of treatment in cases in which treatment was obtained. | Total number treated. | No treatment received. | Percentage of defects treated. * | ||||||||||||||||
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By private doctor. | Under Council's scheme. | At other hospitals or institutions. | ||||||||||||||||||
Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | Condition irremediable, or treatment no longer considered necessary. | Still requiring treatment. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
Battersea | 530 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 74 | 85 | 11 | 17 | 113 | 151 | 27 | 39 | 217 | 66 | 247 | 46.8 |
Bermondsey | 640 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 109 | 47 | 40 | 196 | 169 | 65 | 54 | 288 | 102 | 250 | 53.5 |
Bethnal Green | 730 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 140 | 73 | 49 | 262 | 50 | 15 | 28 | 93 | 210 | 92 | 91 | 393 | 65 | 272 | 59.1 |
Camberwell | 749 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 109 | 37 | 18 | 164 | 69 | 44 | 20 | 133 | 197 | 89 | 44 | 330 | 72 | 347 | 48.7 |
Chelsea | 93 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | _ | 4 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 13 | 36 | 55.0 |
City of London | 23 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | — | 9 | 60.9 |
Deptford | 351 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 93 | 14 | 12 | 119 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 121 | 26 | 16 | 163 | 84 | 104 | 61.0 |
Finsbury | 497 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 95 | 103 | 40 | 33 | 176 | 165 | 72 | 48 | 285 | 66 | 146 | 66.1 |
Fulham | 418 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 101 | 37 | 21 | 159 | 133 | 45 | 28 | 206 | 58 | 154 | 57.2 |
Greenwich | 225 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 58 | 20 | 9 | 87 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 79 | 27 | 13 | 119 | 53 | 53 | 69.2 |
Hackney | 1,079 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 174 | 21 | 50 | 245 | 166 | 33 | 26 | 225 | 381 | 64 | 84 | 529 | 166 | 384 | 57.9 |
Hammersmith | 249 | 14 | 2 | - | 16 | 12 | 1 | - | 13 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 86 | 89 | 20 | 6 | 115 | 36 | 98 | 54.0 |
Hampstead | 65 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 24 | 55.6 |
Holborn | 158 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | - | 20 | 31 | 16 | 20 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 88 | 16 | 54 | 62.0 |
Islington | 1,472 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 238 | 77 | 68 | 383 | 198 | 36 | 35 | 269 | 471 | 117 | 122 | 710 | 59 | 703 | 50.2 |
Kensington | 174 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 46 | 58 | 30 | 10 | 98 | 17 | 59 | 62.4 |
Lambeth | 620 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 124 | 34 | 15 | 173 | 121 | 23 | 25 | 169 | 260 | 63 | 44 | 367 | 51 | 202 | 64.5 |
Lewisham | 505 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 59 | 148 | 35 | 9 | 192 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 218 | 53 | 15 | 286 | 89 | 130 | 68.7 |
Marylebone | 198 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 7 | 149 | 22.0 |
Paddingtone | 188 | 6 | 2 | - | 8 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 29 | 15 | 83 | 16 | 89 | 48.3 |
Pancras | 628 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 129 | 55 | 50 | 234 | 170 | 67 | 59 | 296 | 82 | 250 | 54.2 |
Poplar | 898 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 141 | 53 | 30 | 224 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 79 | 209 | 72 | 44 | 325 | 140 | 433 | 42.9 |
Shoreditch | 873 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 140 | 85 | 39 | 62 | 186 | 134 | 87 | 129 | 350 | 99 | 424 | 45.2 |
Southwark | 1,010 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 111 | 32 | 27 | 170 | 163 | 45 | 58 | 266 | 293 | 82 | 104 | 479 | 131 | 400 | 54.5 |
Stepney | 1,840 | 48 | 10 | 27 | 85 | 470 | 182 | 129 | 781 | 84 | 44 | 30 | 158 | 602 | 236 | 186 | 1,024 | 113 | 703 | 59.3 |
Stoke Newington | 130 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 17 | 65 | 42.5 |
Wandsworth | 1,007 | 58 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 231 | 45 | 18 | 294 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 70 | 338 | 71 | 39 | 448 | 70 | 489 | 47.8 |
Westminister | 227 | 9 | _ | 5 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 39 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 69 | 26 | 12 | 107 | 26 | 94 | 53.2 |
Woolwich | 607 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 183 | 56 | 7 | 246 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 228 | 76 | 11 | 315 | 31 | 261 | 54-7 |
16,184 | 491 | 131 | 181 | 803 | 2,554 | 846 | 564 | 3,964 | 1,877 | 622 | 533 | 3,032 | 4,922 | 1,599 | 1,278 | 7,799 | 1,756 | 6,629 | 590 | |
* In the calculation of these percentages, the eases reported " condition irremediable, or treatment no longer considered necessary " have been disregarded. |