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 Acton]
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Physically Defective (continued):
Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life: :
At Certified Hospital Schools | — | — | — |
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | — | 1 | 1 |
At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 2 | 1 | 3 |
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
At Public Elementary Schools | 7 | 4(1) | 11(1) |
At other Institutions | — | — | — |
At no School or Institution | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Children with heart disease, i.e., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the public elementary school: | |||
At Certified Hospital Schools | 2 | 2 | |
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | — | — | — |
At Certified Day Cripple Schools | — | — | — |
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — |
At other Institutions | — | — | — |
At no School or Institution | — | 1 | 1 |
TABLE IV.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December , 1932.
Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)
Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Ringworm-Scalp | 4 | — | 4 |
Ringworm-Body | 22 | 6 | 28 |
Scabies | 29 | 3 | 32 |
Impetigo | 378 | 15 | 393 |
Other skin disease | 94 | 6 | 100 |
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II) | |||
Minor Eve Defecs | 177 | 2 | 179 |
Minor Ear Defects | 105 | 2 | 107 |
Miscellaneops (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.). | 948 | 50 | 998 |
Total | 1757 | 84 | 1841 |