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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Physically defective —continued. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delicate children (e.g., pre- or latent tuberculosis, malnutrition, debility, anaemia,etc.) | At Certified Residential Open-air Schools | 3,423 | 833 | 4,256 |
| At Certified Day Open-air Schools | 436 | 289 | 725 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 4,019 | 4,656 | 8,675 | |
| *At other Institutions | 56 | 33 | 89 | |
| At no School or Institution | 177 | 189 | 366 | |
| Active non-pulmonary tuberculosis | *At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 439 | 362 | 801 |
| (Note.—Cases of more or less quiescent tuberculosis attend the special Day Cripple Schools) | ‡At Public Elementary Schools | 49 | 57 | 106 |
| At other Institutions | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| At no School or Institution | 37 | 31 | 68 | |
| Crippled children (other than those with active tubercu-lous disease), e.g., children suffering from paralysis, etc., and including those with severe heart disease | At Certified Hospital Schools | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
| **At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 2,119 | 2,004 | 4,123 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 1,560 | 1,893 | 3,453 | |
| *At other Institutions | 317 | 227 | 544 | |
| At no School or Institution | 220 | 376 | 596 |
*Some of these may not have come to the notice of the School Medical Officer, but have been dealt
with throughout by the Guardians.
‡ Discovered at medical inspections and referred for treatment.
** These figures include about 1,000 children suffering either from non-pulmonary tuberculosis more or
less quiescent, or from the after-effects of such disease.
TABLE IV. Defects treated during 1924. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
| Disease or defect. | Defects treated or under treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |||
| Skin. | |||||
| Ringworm—Head | 1,267* | 657 | 1,924† | ||
| Ringworm—Body | 1,321 | 2,155 | 80,329 | 1,274 | 83,758 |
| Scabies | 834 | ||||
| Impetigo | |||||
| Other skin disease | |||||
| Eye disease.(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group ii.) | 2,155 | ||||
| Ear disease. Cases in which operative treatment {e.g., mastoid operations, etc.) is given are excluded. | |||||
| Miscellaneous. (Minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | |||||
| 83,751 | 1,931 | 85,682 | |||
* 1,154 by X-Ray.
†1,345 by X-Ray.