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 Hendon]
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TREATMENT TABLES.
GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).
(a) | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. |
---|---|
Skin- | |
Ringworm—Scalp— | |
(i) X-Ray treatment | — |
(ii) Other treatment | 2 |
Ringworm—Body | 18 |
Scabies | 74 |
Impetigo | 120 |
Other skin diseases | 649 |
Eye Disease (external and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases | |
admitted to hospital) | 550 |
Ear Defects (treatment for serious diseases of the ear (e.g., operative treatment in hospital) should not be recorded here but in the body of the School Medical Officer's Annual Report) | 352 |
Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 3887 |
Total | 5652 |
(b) Total number of attendances at Authority's minor ailments clinics | 25072* |
* Includes 3000 attendances at M.A.C. for E.N.T. treatments. |