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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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xii.
Annual Report of the London County Council, 1913.
APPENDIX VII.
RETURN SHOWING THE RESULTS OF FIRST RE-INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN DURING THE YEAR, 1913.
| Defects found requiring treatment. | Number of defects under revision (outstanding from first re-inspection) | Form of treatment in cases in which treatment was obtained. | Total numbers treated. | No treatment received | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By private doctor or dentist. | Under Council's scheme. | At other hospitals or institutions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured. | Total. | # Completed and satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Discontinued treatment before remedied, or from other causes uncured | Total. | Condition irremediable or treatment no longer considered necessary. | Still requires treatment. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | ||||||||
| Refraction | 16,698 | 58.4 | 11.1 | 30.5 | 377 | 62.6 | 26.9 | 10.5 | 6,713 | 63.2 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 2,249 | 62.6 | 24.7 | 12.7 | 9,339 | 509 | 6,850 |
| 220 | 42 | 115 | 4,202 | 1,804 | 707 | 1,420 | 466 | 363 | 5,842 | 2,312 | 1,185 | ||||||||
| 4.0 | 71.9 | 24.1 | 56.0 | 3.0 | 41.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nursing treatment | 7,770 | 82.4 | 11.9 | 5.7 | 1,060 | 67.1 | 22.4 | 10.5 | 2,311 | 65.1 | 22.1 | 12.8 | 1,661 | 69.7 | 20.1 | 10.2 | 5,032 | 1,363 | 1,375 |
| 874 | 126 | 60 | 1,551 | 518 | 242 | 1,081 | 367 | 213 | 3,506 | 1,011 | 515 | ||||||||
| 21.1 | 45.9 | 33.0 | 64.8 | 17.5 | 17.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ear, nose and throat | 16,000 | 58.0 | 16.9 | 25.1 | 617 | 83.1 | 11.1 | 5.8 | 4,056 | 75.9 | 14.2 | 9.9 | 2,464 | 78.4 | 12.7 | 8.9 | 7,137 | 1,451 | 7,412 |
| 358 | 104 | 155 | 3,37l | 450 | 235 | 1,870 | 351 | 243 | 5,599 | 905 | 633 | ||||||||
| 8.6 | 56.9 | 34.5 | 44.6 | 9.1 | 46.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tooth | 29,833 | 62.5 | 16.5 | 210 | 2,724 | 85.4 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 3,922 | 71.6 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 3,266 | 74.5 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 9,912 | 1,495 | 18,426 |
| 1,702 | 449 | 573 | 3,349 | 394 | 179 | 2,337 | 383 | 546 | 7,388 | 1,226 | 1,298 | ||||||||
| 27.5 | 39.6 | 32.9 | 33.2 | 5.0 | 61.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Other ailments | 12,435 | 57.9 | 34.9 | 7.2 | 1,739 | 26.1 | 70.8 | 3.1 | 445 | 44.6 | 47.8 | 7.6 | 4,041 | 46.9 | 45.9 | 7.2 | 6,225 | 2,767 | 3,443 |
| 1,007 | 607 | 125 | 116 | 315 | 14 | 1,800 | 1,933 | 308 | 2,923 | 2,855 | 447 | ||||||||
| 27.9 | 7.1 | 65.0 | 50.0 | 22.3 | 27.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 82,736 | 63.8 | 20.4 | 15.8 | 6,517 | 72.2 | 19.9 | 7.9 | 17,447 | 62.2 | 25.6 | 12.2 | 13,681 | 67.1 | 22.1 | 10.8 | 37,645 | 7,585 | 37,506 |
| 4,161 | 1,328 | 1,028 | 12,589 | 3,481 | 1,377 | 8,508 | 3,500 | 1,673 | 25,258 | 8,309 | 4,078 | ||||||||
| 17.3 | 46.4 | 36.3 | 45.5 | 9.2 | 45.3 | ||||||||||||||