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 Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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DEFECTS TREATED AT SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES AND HOSPITAL CLINICS | |
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Errors of refraction and squint | 1, 669 |
Other eye defects | 30 |
Spectacles ordered | 798 |
Athlete's foot | 32 |
Verrucae | 532 |
Ringworm - body | - |
Impetigo | 62 |
Other skin diseases | 378 |
Eye diseases | 169 |
Ear diseases | 56 |
Miscellaneous lacerations, etc. | 1,017 |
Orthopaedic and postural defects | 51 |
Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools) | 121 |
Pupils provided with hearing-aids | 15 |
B. C. G. Vaccination - Schoolchildren | |
Number of Schools visited | 28 |
Number of 13-year old children offered test | 2,886 |
Number of consents received | 2,373 |
Number of children tested | 2,253 |
Number of positive reactors ___ | 152 |
Number of children vaccinated | 1, 822 |
Other Treatment Number of children - Ear, nose and throat | 131 |
treated - Audiology | 330 |
- Special investigation | 180 |
Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools | |
Disease | No. of Notifications |
Chickenpox | 521 |
Dysentery, Diarrhoea | 49 |
Food Poisoning | 1 |
Gastric Flu | 1 |
German Measles | 68 |
Glandular Fever | 11 |
Impetigo | 22 |
Influenza | 7 |
Jaundice | 36 |
Measles | 370 |
Mumps | 234 |
Ophthalmic conjunctivitis | 17 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 |
Ringworm | 31 |
Scabies | 26 |
Scarlet Fever | 39 |
T onsillitis | 58 |
Whooping Cough | 35 |
Total | 1, 527 |
(Number notified last year - 2,173) |
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