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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 IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1917.
| 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 | 58 | 72 | 130 | 83 | 26 | ... | 26 | 21 | ... | 55% |
| Footgear | 219 | 187 | 406 | 227 | 136 | ... | 136 | 43 | ... | 72% |
| Cleanliness of Head | 849 | 804 | 1,653 | 968 | 264 | 72 | 192 | 272 | 149 | 45% |
| Cleanliness of Body | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 100% |
| Nutrition | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 83% |
| Nose and Throat | 66 | 37 | 103 | 76 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| External Eye Disease | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 93% |
| Ear Disease | 2 | 14 | 16 | ... | 16 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | 100% |
| Teeth | 35 | ... | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100% |
| Heart and Circulation | ... | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 100% |
| Lungs | 3 | 10 | 21 | ... | 19 | 2 | 17 | ... | ... | 90% |
| Nervous System | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54% |
| Skin | 1 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | 100% |
| Rickets and Deformities | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 100% | |
| Tuberculosis, non-pulmonary | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 100% |
| Speech | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mental Condition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Vision and Squint | 32 | 49 | 81 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 52% |
| Hearing | 4 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 69 % |
| Miscellaneous | ... | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 78% |
| Total | 1,284 | 1,285 | 2,569 | 1,430 | 574 | 120 | 454 | 377 | 170 | 50% |