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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 1969
[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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