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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
London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Appendix IX.
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APPENDIX IX.
RETURN SHOWING THE RESULTS OF SECOND 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 treatmen 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 | 5,785 | 55.7 | 11.5 | 32.8 | 122 | 58.8 | 23.3 | 17.9 | 2,219 | 56.1 | 20.2 | 23.7 | 902 | 57.9 | 22.0 | 20.1 | 3,243 | 201 | 2,341 |
| 68 | 14 | 40 | 1,305 | 517 | 397 | 506 | 182 | 214 | 1,879 | 713 | 651 | ||||||||
| 3.8 | 68.4 | 27.8 | 56.0 | 3.5 | 40.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Nursing treatment | 1,499 | 58.6 | 26.1 | 15.3 | 176 | 49.6 | 30.2 | 20.2 | 417 | 52.0 | 28.0 | 20.0 | 371 | 52.2 | 28.6 | 19.2 | 964 | 226 | 309 |
| 103 | 46 | 27 | 207 | 126 | 84 | 193 | 104 | 74 | 503 | 276 | 185 | ||||||||
| 18.3 | 43.2 | 38.5 | 64.3 | 15.1 | 20.6 | ||||||||||||||
| Ear, nose and throat | 5,836 | 52.1 | 17.0 | 30.9 | 78.6 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 1,084 | 74.4 | 11.1 | 14.5 | 999 | 74.1 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 2,313 | 647 | 2,876 | |
| 120 | 39 | 71 | 230 9.9 | 851 | 127 | 106 | 743 | 111 | 145 | 1,714 | 277 | 322 | |||||||
| 46.9 | 43.2 | 39.6 | 11.1 | 49.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Teeth | 9,980 | 62.1 | 15.0 | 22.9 | 1,110 | 86.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 1,061 | 69.5 | 9.2 | 21.3 | 1,055 | 72.4 | 10.2 | 17.4 | 3,226 | 890 | 5,864 |
| 690 | 166 | 254 | 914 | 66 | 81 | 733 | 97 | 225 | 2,337 | 329 | 560 | ||||||||
| 34.4 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 32.3 | 8.9 | 58.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Other ailments | 3,548 | 57.1 | 34.2 | 8.7 | 494 | 38.1 | 54.7 | 7.2 | 194 | 44.8 | 44.8 | 10.4 | 1,285 | 47.3 | 43.1 | 9.6 | 1,973 | 664 | 911 |
| 282 | 169 | 43 | 74 | 106 | 14 | 576 | 576 | 133 | 932 | 851 | 190 | ||||||||
| 25.0 | 9.8 | 65.2 | 55.6 | 18.7 | 25.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 26,648 | 59.2 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 2,132 | 67.4 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 4,975 | 59.6 | 23.2 | 17.2 | 4,612 | 62.8 | 20.9 | 16.3 | 11,719 | 2,628 | 12,301 |
| 1,263 | 434 | 435 | 3,351 | 942 • | 682 | 2,751 | 1,070 | 791 | 7,365 | 2,446 | 1,908 | ||||||||
| 18.2 | 42.4 | 39.4 | 43.9 | 9.9 | 46.2 | ||||||||||||||
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