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 1971

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

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Table: TABLE 54 (Cont'd)

TABLE 54 (Cont'd)

Defects treated at School Treatment Centres and Hospital Clinics
Errors of refraction and squint892
Other eye defects90
Spectacles ordered853
Athlete's foot26
Verrucae408
Ringworm - body28
Impetigo49
Other skin diseases267
Eye diseases76
Ear diseases55
Miscellaneous lacerations etc.537
Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools)-
B. C. G. Vaccination - Schoolchildren
Number of schools visited24
Number of 13 - year old children offered test.1,540
Number of consents received1,560
Number of children tested1,264
Number of positive reactors94
Number of children vaccinated1, 027
Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools
DiseaseNo. of
Notifications
Chickenpox195
Dysentery, Diarrhoea16
German Measles71
Glandular Fever9
Impetigo39
Influenza '8
Jaundice8
Measles85
Meningitis1
Mumps38
Ophthalmic conjunctivitis8
Pyrexia1
Ringworm37
Scabies17
Scarlet Fever31
Tonsillitis41
Whooping Cough13
618
(Number notified last year 1,235)