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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

Barking 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1918.

TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1918.

Condition.Number of Defects found for which Treatment was considered necessaryNumber of Defects for which no report is availableNumber of Defects treatedResults of TreatmentNumber of Defects not treatedPercentage of Defects treated
From previous yearNewTotalRemediedImprovedUn-changed
Clothing15561016257230672728868252.1%
Footwear238238135
Cleanliness of Head10221022907
Cleanliness of Body..............................
Nutrition76131514...938.4%
Nose and Throat5215921121591481124875.3%
External Eye Disease15144159...1531503...696.2%
Ear Disease13518...853...844.4%
Teeth...805805...805805.........100%
Heart and Circulation5381532...262.5%
Lungs185371...46351122664.7%
Nervous System...2525...2525.........100%
Skin23292315...313313......199.3%
Rickets..............................
Deformities..............................
Tuberculosis, non-pulmonary62531...22...2296.4%
Speech..............................
Mental Condition112...1...1...150.0%
Vision and Squint18015033022193193......22958.4%
Hearing216283344377l2853.0%
Miscellaneous23895918...9048995...1098.4%
Total1920364155613353995261613791137107971.8%