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 Walthamstow]
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individual children to be unclean. No children were cleansed
under arrangements by your Committee, nor were any legal
proceedings taken.
The following Table gives comparative figures for the past two years:—
1931. | 1930. | |
---|---|---|
Average number of visits per school | 10 | 10 |
Total number of examinations | 117,253 | 105,029 |
Number of individual children found unclean | 1,051 | 1,288 |
Percentage uncleanliness | 0.89 | 1.13 |
1931. | 1930. | |
---|---|---|
Ringworm—Head | 30 | 33 |
Body | 41 | 56 |
Scabies | 32 | 30 |
Impetigo | 589 | 553 |
Other Skin Disease | 250 | 249 |
Minor Eye Defects | 225 | 249 |
Minor Ear Defects | 189 | 217 |
Miscellaneous | 1,008 | 695 |
Totals | 2,364 | 2,082 |
Tonsils and Adenoids.—The following comparison is given of the findings in 1931 and 1930:—
1931. | 1930. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment. | Observation . | Treatment . | Observation . | |
Enlarged Tonsils | 318 | 216 | 95 | 170 |
Adenoids | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 62 | 12 | 335 | 91 |
Totals | 394 | 231 | 434 | 265 |
Although there are wide fluctuations between the yearly subheadings,
the totals do not vary so widely.