Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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(6) Return of children suffering from more than one defect, 1935.
Defect. | Type of School. | At other institutions (Gen. hosp., etc.) | At no schl. | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day M.D. | Residential M.D. | Residential blind | Day deaf | Residential deaf | Epileptic colony | Day P.D. | Certified hospital schls. | ||||
M.D. and deaf | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
M.D. and crippled | 27 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | 41 |
M.D. and heart | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 32 |
M.D. and epileptic | 17 | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | 1 | - | - | 39 |
M.D. and T.B. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 |
M.D., cripple and heart | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
M.D., crippled and deaf | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Blind and epileptic | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Blind and M.D. | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Deaf and crippled | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Deaf and heart | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Epileptic and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
Epileptic and heart | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Epileptic heart and M.D. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Heart and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | 25 |
T.B. and blind | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
M.D., blind and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
M.D., blind and deaf | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
T.B., and deaf | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
77 | 2 | 3 | - | 23 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 3 | - | 186 |
Table IV.
Treatment table. (a) Group I.—Minor ailments, excluding uncleanliness, for which set group V.
Disease or defect. | Defects treated or under treatment. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Skin— | |||
Scabies | 4,037 | — | 6,435 |
Impetigo | 2,398 | ||
Ringworm, head | 120* | 134 | 254† |
body | 117,140 | 882 | 118,022 |
Other skin disease | |||
Eye disease (external) and other (but excluding cases falling in group II) | |||
Ear disease (cases in which operative treatment, e.g., mastoid operations, etc., is given, are excluded) Miscellaneous (minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | |||
123,695 | 1,016 | 124,711 |
* 110 by X-ray. † 191 by X-ray.
(6) Group II.—Dejeclive vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments, for which see group I).
Disease or defect. | Defects dealt with. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Errors of refraction (including squint, but excluding operations for squint) | 37,450 | 1,217 | 40,667 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those in group I) | 2,000 (estimated) | * |
Children for whom glasses were prescribed—under the Council's scheme, 28,827; otherwise
937 (estimated).
Children who obtained or received glasses—under the Council's scheme, 26,569 =92.2 per cent.;
otherwise 844.
* Included in group I minor ailments.
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