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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Defects treated at School Treatment Centres and Hospital Clinics | ||
---|---|---|
Errors of refraction and squint | 892 | |
Other eye defects | 90 | |
Spectacles ordered | 853 | |
Athlete's foot | 26 | |
Verrucae | 408 | |
Ringworm - body | 28 | |
Impetigo | 49 | |
Other skin diseases | 267 | |
Eye diseases | 76 | |
Ear diseases | 55 | |
Miscellaneous lacerations etc. | 537 | |
Orthopaedic and postural defects (treated at schools) | - | |
B. C. G. Vaccination - Schoolchildren | ||
Number of schools visited | 24 | |
Number of 13 - year old children offered test. | 1,540 | |
Number of consents received | 1,560 | |
Number of children tested | 1,264 | |
Number of positive reactors | 94 | |
Number of children vaccinated | 1, 027 | |
Infectious and Other Diseases notified by Schools | ||
Disease | No. of | |
Notifications | ||
Chickenpox | 195 | |
Dysentery, Diarrhoea | 16 | |
German Measles | 71 | |
Glandular Fever | 9 | |
Impetigo | 39 | |
Influenza ' | 8 | |
Jaundice | 8 | |
Measles | 85 | |
Meningitis | 1 | |
Mumps | 38 | |
Ophthalmic conjunctivitis | 8 | |
Pyrexia | 1 | |
Ringworm | 37 | |
Scabies | 17 | |
Scarlet Fever | 31 | |
Tonsillitis | 41 | |
Whooping Cough | 13 | |
618 | ||
(Number notified last year 1,235) |