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 Edmonton]
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TABLE IV.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN DURING 1918.
(Board of Education.)
Condition. | No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary. | No. of defects f'r which no report is available!. | No. of defects treated. | Result of treatment. | No. of defects not treated. | Per centage of defects treated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From previous years. | New. | Total. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged | |||||
Clothing .. | - | 19 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 73.6 |
Footgear | — | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 85.7 |
Cleanliness of head | — | 186 | 186 | 20 | 131 | 66 | 40 | 25 | 35 | 70.4 |
Cleanliness of body | — | 44 | 44 | — | 39 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 88.6 |
Nutrition (see special table) .. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nose and throat | — | 343 | 343 | — | 267 | 152 | 45 | 70 | 76 | 77.8 |
External eye disease | — | 36 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | — | 73.5 |
Ear disease | — | 124 | 124 | 10 | 90 | 40 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 72.6 |
Teeth (no dental clinic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Heart and circulation | — | 92 | 92 | 3 | 76 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 82.6 |
Lungs | — | 92 | 92 | — | 76 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 82.6 |
Nervous system | — | 14 | 14 | — | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 85.7 |
Skin | — | 42 | 42 | — | 42 | 25 | 13 | 4 | — | 100.0 |
Rickets | — | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | 100.0 |
Deformities | — | 19 | 19 | — | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 94.7 |
Tuberculosis (non-pulmonary) | — | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 88.9 |
Speech | — | 14 | 14 | — | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 61.4 |
Mental condition | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 75.0 |
Vision and squint | — | 279 | 279 | 8 | 231 | 78 | 79 | 74 | 40 | 82.8 |
Hearing | — | 228 | 228 | 16 | 182 | 87 | 75 | 20 | 30 | 79.8 |
Miscellaneous | 23 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 60.9 | |
Totals | 1587 | 1587 | 80 | 1254 | 573 | 406 | 275 | 253 | 79.0 |
t This column includes (I.) those absent at the re-examination: (II.) those who have left the school or the district.