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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TABLE 58
Errors of refraction and squint | 710 |
Other eye defects | 9 |
Spectacles ordered | 719 |
Athlete's foot | 40 |
Verrucae | 401 |
Ringworm - body | 5 |
Impetigo | 61 |
Other skin diseases | 191 |
Eye diseases | 116 |
Ear diseases | 58 |
Miscellaneous lacerations, etc | 692 |
Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools) | 124 |
B.C.G. Vaccination - Schoolchildren | |
Number of schools visited | 30 |
Number of 13-year old children offered test | 2,839 |
Number of consents received | 2,356 |
Number of children tested | 1,881 |
Number of positive reactors | 61 |
Number of children vaccinated | 1,581 |
Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools | |
Disease | No. of Notifications |
Chickenpox | 173 |
Dysentery, Diarrhœa | 86 |
Food poisoning | 2 |
German Measles | 66 |
Glandular Fever | 1 |
Impetigo | 19 |
Influenza | 28 |
Jaundice | 29 |
Measles | 245 |
Mumps | 160 |
Ophthalmic conjunctivitis | 36 |
Pneumonia | 2 |
Ringworm | 1 |
Scabies | 19 |
Scarlet Fever | 43 |
Tonsillitis | 26 |
Whooping Cough | 7 |
Total: | 943 |
(Number notified last year - 1,051) |
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