London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
This page requires JavaScript
101
C. CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
(ie) (Other than those diagnosed as tuberculous and in need of
treatment for that disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling
sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life.
At
Certified
Special
Schools.
At
Public
Elementary
Schools.
At
other
Institutions.
At
no School
or
Institution.
Total.
2
3
2
2
9
(ie) Children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School.
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 6 |
Return op Defects treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1934.
Group I—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
| Disease or Defect. (1) | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise (3) | Total. (4) | |
| Skin : | |||
| Ringworm-Scalp | |||
| (i.) X-Ray Treatment. | 4 | - | 4 |
| (ii.) Other Treatment. | - | 8 | 8 |
| Ringworm-Body | 26 | - | 26 |
| Scabies | 19 | - | 19 |
| Impetigo | 164 | 3 | 167 |
| Other skin disease | 51 | - | 51 |
| Minor Eye Defects: | |||
| (External and other, but ex | |||
| cluding cases falling in | |||
| Group II.) | 103 | 10 | 113 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 106 | 5 | 111 |
| Miscellaneous | 658 | 41 | 699 |
| Total | 1131 | 67 | 1198 |