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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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from school or fitness to attend school have been given. The
children attending the school clinic came from the following
sources:—
(1) Referred by the Teachers.
(2) Brought by their parents.
(3) Referred from medical inspection at school.
(4) Referred by the school nurses as a result of " following up.
The attendances at the Clinic during 1923 were as follows :—
Number of individual children seen at the Clinic 1,829
Number of attendances of children 6,582
Number of exclusion certificates granted 4,685
Number of certificates of fitness to attend school
granted 1,670
The following table shows the variety of conditions dealt with at the School Clinic during the year:—
| Malnutrition | 3 |
| Defective Footgear | 7 |
| Uncleanliness: — | |
| Head | 105 |
| Body | 4 |
| Skin:— | |
| Ringworm: — | |
| Head | 21 |
| Body | 8 |
| Scabies | 36 |
| Impetigo | 344 |
| Other diseases | 237 |
| Eye: — | |
| Blepharitis | 57 |
| Conjunctivitis | 79 |
| Keratitis | 2 |
| Corneal Ulcer | 9 |
| Corneal Opacities | 3 |
| Defective Vision and Squint | 159 |
| Other conditions | 50 |
| Ear: — | |
| Defective hearing | 19 |
| Otitis Media | 9 |
| Other Ear Diseases | 93 |
| Nose and Throat: — | |
| Enlarged Tonsils | 73 |
| Adenoids | 58 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 39 |
| Other conditions | 229 |
| Mouth Breathing | 107 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands | 81 |
| Teeth-Dental Diseases | 82 |