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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
London County Council 1914
Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...
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Appendix IV. vi.
APPENDIX IV.
RETURN SHOWING THE RESULTS OF FIRST RE-INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN DURING THE YEAR, 1914.
| Defects found requiring treatment. | Number of defects under revision (outstanding from first re. inspection). | Form of treatment in cases in which treatment was obtained. | Total numbers treated. | No treatment received | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By private doctor or dentist. | Under Council's scheme. | At other hospitals or Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Completed and satisfactory. (1) | Still under treatment. (2) | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. (3) | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. (1) | Still under treatment. (2) | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. (3) | Total | Completed and satisfactory. (1) | Still under treatment. (2) | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. (3) | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured | Total. | Condition irremediable or treatment no longer considered necessary. | Still requires treatment. | ||
| Refraction | 16,727 | 65.8 | 14.1 | 20.1 | 298 | 63.4 | 23.7 | 12.9 | 7,071 | 65.3 | 20.1 | 14.6 | 2,153 | 63.9 | 22.6 | 13.5 | 9,522 | 451 | 6,751 |
| 196 | 42 | 60 | 4,481 | 1,676 | 914 | 1,407 | 432 | 314 | 6,084 | 2,150 | 1,288 | ||||||||
| 3.1 | 74.3 | 22.6 | 56.9 | 2.7 | 40.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Nursing treatment cases | 5,200 | 78.8 | 15.7 | 5.5 | 598 | 64.4 | 24.9 | 10.7 | 1,727 | 66.2 | 22.1 | 11.7 | 1,080 | 67.5 | 22.4 | 10.1 | 3,405 | 858 | 937 |
| 471 | 94 | 33 | 1,112 | 430 | 185 | 715 | 239 | 126 | |||||||||||
| 17.6 | 50.7 | 31.7 | 2,298 | 76.3 | 344 | 65.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | |||||||||||
| Ear, nose and throat | 8,776 | 66.4 | 17.5 | 16.1 | 286 | 85.9 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 2,290 | 76.0 | 15.4 | 8.6 | 1,309 | 81.1 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 3 885 | 663 | 4,228 |
| 190 | 50 | 46 | 1,965 | 214 | 111 | 996 | 201 | 112 | 3,151 | 465 | 269 | ||||||||
| 7.4 | 58.9 | 33.7 | 41.3 | 7.6 | 48.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Teeth | 21,333 | 63.5 | 12.0 | 24.5 | 1,855 | 90.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4,898 | 70.9 | 8.6 | 20.5 | 1,985 | 80.2 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 8,738 | 1,006 | 11,589 |
| 1,179 | 222 | 454 | 4,417 | 264 | 217 | 1,408 | 171 | 406 | 7,004 | 657 | 1,077 | ||||||||
| 21.2 | 56.1 | 22.7 | 41.0 | 4.7 | 54.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Other ailments | 6,067 | 61.9 | 33.9 | 4.2 | 891 | 38.4 | 57.7 | 3.9 | 203 | 46.3 | 45.6 | 8.1 | 2,189 | 50.0 | 43.2 | 6.8 | 3,283 | 1,220 | 1,504 |
| 552 | 302 | 37 | 78 | 117 | 8 | 1,012 | 999 | 178 | 1,642 | 1,418 | 223 | ||||||||
| 27.1 | 6.2 | 66.7 | 54.1 | 20.1 | 25.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 58,103 | 65.9 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 3,928 | 74.4 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 16,189 | 63.6 | 23 4 | 7 30 | 8 716 | 70.0 | 15.9 | 11.1 | 28,833 | 4,198 | 25,072 |
| 2,588 | 710 | 630 | 12,053 | 2,701 | 1,435 | 5,538 | 2,042 | 1,136 | 20,179 | 5,453 | 3,201 | ||||||||
| 13.6 | 56.2 | 30.2 | 496 | 7.2 | 43.2 | ||||||||||||||