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 Barking]
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TABLE III.—Treatment of Defects of Children.
Condition. | Number of defects found for which Treatment was considered necessary. | Number of defects for which no report is available. | Number of defects treated. | Results of Treatment. | Number of defects not treated. | Percentage of defects treated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From previous year. | New. | Total. | Remedied | Improved. | Unchanged. | |||||
Clothing | 2 | 64 | 66 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 20 | – | 18 | 60.8 |
Footgear | 10 | 69 | 79 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 27 | – | 22 | 60.0 |
Cleanliness of Head | 26 | 298 | 324 | 36 | 123 | 10 | 113 | – | 165 | 42.7 |
Cleanliness of Body | – | 22 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 13 | 23.5 |
Nutrition | 2 | 40 | 42 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 17 | — | 7 | 75.8 |
Nose and Throat | 40 | 128 | 168 | 27 | 75 | 28 | 47 | — | 66 | 53.1 |
External Eye Disease | 2 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 10 | – | 3 | 82.3 |
Ear Disease | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | — | 2 | 93.3 |
Teeth | 55 | 103 | 158 | 47 | 76 | 30 | 46 | — | 35 | 68.4 |
Heart and Circulation | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 100.0 |
Lungs | – | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | 75.0 | |
Nervous System | – | – | – | – | — | – | — | – | – | — |
Skin | – | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | – | 1 | 90.0 |
Rickets and Deformities | – | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||
Tuberculosis— | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 100.0 | ||||
Non-Pulmonary | – | 15 | 15 | – | 12 | 2 | 10 | — | 3 | 80.0 |
Speech | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 100.0 |
Mental Condition | 26 | 9 | 35 | – | 35 | — | 25 | 10 | — | 100.0 |
Vision and Squint | 17 | 104 | 121 | 27 | 65 | 28 | 34 | – | 32 | 65.0 |
Hearing | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 | — | 4 | 71.4 |
Miscellaneous | – | 10 | 10 | – | 10 | 7 | 3 | – | – | 100.0 |
Totals | 194 | 942 | 1,136 | 224 | 538 | 137 | 390 | 11 | 374 | 58.9 |