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 (cont'd)
Errors of refraction and squint | 799 |
Other eye defects | 21 |
Spectacles ordered | 833 |
Athlete's foot | 55 |
Verrucae | 445 |
Ringworm - body | 2 |
Impetigo | 57 |
Other skin diseases | 277 |
Eye diseases | 134 |
Ear diseases | 62 |
Miscellaneous lacerations, etc. | 623 |
Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools) | 84 |
B.C.G. Vaccination - Schoolchildren | |
Number of schools visited | 30 |
Number of 13- year old children offered test | 2,425 |
Number of consents received | 1,881 |
Number of children tested | 1,638 |
Number of positive reactors | 110 |
Number of children vaccinated | 1,382 |
Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools | |
Disease | No. of Notifications |
Chickenpox | 258 |
Dysentery, Diarrhoea | 25 |
German Measles | 48 |
Glandular Fever | 4 |
Impetigo | 43 |
Influenza | 24 |
Jaundice | 38 |
Measles | 267 |
Mumps | 354 |
Ophthalmic conjunctivitis | 8 |
Ringworm | 9 |
Scabies | 19 |
Scarlet Fever | 20 |
Tonsillitis | 63 |
Whooping Cough | 55 |
Total: | 1,235 |
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