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 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 58 (cont'd)

TABLE 58 (cont'd)

Defects treated at School Treatment Centres and Hospital Clinics
Errors of refraction and squint799
Other eye defects21
Spectacles ordered833
Athlete's foot55
Verrucae445
Ringworm - body2
Impetigo57
Other skin diseases277
Eye diseases134
Ear diseases62
Miscellaneous lacerations, etc.623
Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools)84
B.C.G. Vaccination - Schoolchildren
Number of schools visited30
Number of 13- year old children offered test2,425
Number of consents received1,881
Number of children tested1,638
Number of positive reactors110
Number of children vaccinated1,382
Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools
DiseaseNo. of Notifications
Chickenpox258
Dysentery, Diarrhoea25
German Measles48
Glandular Fever4
Impetigo43
Influenza24
Jaundice38
Measles267
Mumps354
Ophthalmic conjunctivitis8
Ringworm9
Scabies19
Scarlet Fever20
Tonsillitis63
Whooping Cough55
Total:1,235

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