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London County Council 1914
Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...
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vii. Annual Report of the London County Council, 1914.
APPENDIX V.
RETURN SHOWING THE RESULTS OP SECOND RE-INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN DURING THE YEAR, 1914.
| Defects found requiring treatment. | Number of defects under revision (out-standing from first re. inspection). | Form of treatment in cases in which treatment was obtained. | Total numbers treated. | No treatment receive. | F. O., i.e., cases not requiring treatment but requiring still to be kept under observation. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. (1) | Still under treatment. (2) | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured (3) | Total. | Condition irremediable or treatment no longer considered necessary. | Still requires treatment | |||
| Refraction | 7,127 | 61.0 | 10.6 | 28.3 | 113 | 62.7 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 2,572 | 58.8 | 15.8 | 25.4 | 1,053 | 61.5 | 16.7 | 21.8 | 3,738 | 298 | 2,910 | 181 |
| 69 | 12 | 32 | 1,613 | 445 | 514 | 620 | 166 | 267 | 2,302 | 623 | 813 | |||||||||
| 3.0 | 68.8 | 28.2 | 52.5 | 4.2 | 40.8 | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Nursing treatment cases | 1,792 | 66.4 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 128 | 58.2 | 25.0 | 16.8 | 519 | 63.7 | 22.3 | 14.0 | 413 | 61.3 | 23.3 | 15.4 | 1,060 | 246 | 387 | 99 |
| 85 | 25 | 18 | 302 | 130 | 87 | 263 | 92 | 58 | 650 | 241 | 163 | |||||||||
| 12.1 | 48.9 | 39.0 | 59.2 | 13.7 | 21.6 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ear, nose and throat | 4,107 | 59.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 100 | 83.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 841 | 78.1 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 642 | 79.9 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 1,583 | 391 | 1,785 | 348 |
| 59 | 18 | 23 | 704 | 68 | 69 | 501 | 76 | 65 | 1,264 | 162 | 157 | |||||||||
| 6.3 | 53.1 | 40.6 | 38.5 | 9.5 | 43.5 | 8.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Teeth | 9,896 | 58.6 | 12.5 | 28.9 | 937 | 86.7 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 1,418 | 68.1 | 9.2 | 22.7 | 1,108 | 73.1 | 8.1 | 18.8 | 3,463 | 764 | 5,560 | 109 |
| 549 | 117 | 271 | 1,229 | 60 | 129 | 755 | 102 | 251 | 2,533 | 279 | 651 | |||||||||
| 27.1 | 40.9 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 7.7 | 56.2 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Other ailments | 3,475 | 53.1 | 43.1 | 3.8 | 320 | 47.5 | 43.4 | 9.1 | 198 | 45.9 | 46.5 | 7.6 | 1,036 | 47.6 | 45.4 | 7.0 | 1,554 | 592 | 665 | 664 |
| 170 | 138 | 12 | 94 | 86 | 18 | 475 | 482 | 79 | 739 | 706 | 109 | |||||||||
| 20.6 | 12.7 | 66.7 | 44.8 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 19.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 26,397 | 58.3 | 19.4 | 22.3 | 1,598 | 71.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 5,548 | 61.5 | 21.6 | 16.9 | 4,252 | 65.7 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 11,398 | 2,291 | 11,307 | 1,401 |
| 932 | 310 | 356 | 3,942 | 789 | 817 | 2,614 | 918 | 720 | 7,488 | 2,017 | 1,893 | |||||||||
| 14.0 | 48.6 | 37.4 | 43.1 | 8.7 | 42.9 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||