London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tower Hamlets 1968
[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 | |
| Errors of refraction and squint | 1,002 |
| Other eye defects | 33 |
| Spectacles ordered | 776 |
| Athlete's foot | 59 |
| Verrucae | 452 |
| Ringworm - body | 1 |
| Impetigo | 28 |
| Other skin diseases | 294 |
| Eye diseases | 129 |
| Ear diseases | 79 |
| Miscellaneous lacerations, etc. | 960 |
| Orthopaedic and postural defects | 12 |
| Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools) | 94 |
| Pupils provided with hearing-aids | 15 |
| B. C. G, Vaccination - Schoolchildren | |
| Number of schools visited | 26 |
| Number of 13-year old children offered test | 2,969 |
| Number of consents received | 2,498 |
| Number of children tested | 1,862 |
| Number of positive reactors | 186 |
| Number of children vaccinated | 1,676 |
| Other Treatment | |
| Number of children - Ear, nose and throat | 62 |
| treated - Audiology | 207 |
| - Special investigation | 132 |
| Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools Disease | No. of Notifications |
| Chickenpox | 203 |
| Dysentery, Diarrhoea | 58 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| German Measles | 275 |
| Glandular Fever | 1 |
| Impetigo | 13 |
| Influenza | 4 |
| Jaundice | 24 |
| Measles | 143 |
| Meningitis | 2 |
| Mumps | 148 |
| Ophthalmic conjunctivitis | 16 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Ringworm | 16 |
| Scabies | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 |
| Shingles | 1 |
| Tonsillitis | 58 |
| Whooping Cough | 46 |
| Total: (Number notified last year - 1,527) | 1,051 |
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