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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 III.—Treatment of Defects of Children.

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.RemediedImproved.Unchanged.
Clothing264662028820–1860.8
Footgear1069792433627–2260.0
Cleanliness of Head262983243612310113–16542.7
Cleanliness of Body–22225422–1323.5
Nutrition240421322517—775.8
Nose and Throat4012816827752847—6653.1
External Eye Disease21719214410–382.3
Ear Disease7132081028—293.3
Teeth5510315847763046—3568.4
Heart and Circulation—33—3—21—100.0
Lungs–16164927–375.0
Nervous System––––—–—––—
Skin–11111927–190.0
Rickets and Deformities–11–
Tuberculosis—1—1——100.0
Non-Pulmonary–1515–12210—380.0
Speech23532—2——100.0
Mental Condition26935–35—2510—100.0
Vision and Squint1710412127652834–3265.0
Hearing5162171019—471.4
Miscellaneous–1010–1073––100.0
Totals1949421,1362245381373901137458.9