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Barking 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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premises overlook the town yard, and arc in consequence exposed
to dust and other objections connected therewith. An up-to-date
clinic on a suitable site is a pressing need of the School Medical
Service.

Skin Diseases.—Most skin diseases fall within the group of Minor. Ailment, the following being under treatment during the year:—

Ringworm.Scabies.Impetigo.Other Skin Diseases.Minor injuries.
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As previously, the cleansing; station proved a valuable
adjunct in the treatment of scabies.
Dental Defects.—Statistics dealing with the year's work will
be found under Table IV, Group IV, of the Appendix, while the
Dental Surgeon's Report appears separately on pages 27 and 23.
Crippling Defects and Orthopædics.—This subject has been
specially dealt with by Mr. Whitchurch Howell, F.R.C.S., Orthopædic
Surgeon, whose report appears separately on pages 25 and
26. Eleven monthly visits were paid by Mr. Howell luring the
year, while 110 sessions of 2½ hours were attended by the masseuse.
8 children were treated by massage, 7 by electricity, 20
by re-educational exercises, while 4 children were admitted to
Brookfield Orthopædic Hospital or Queen's Hospital Hackney,
for special surgical treatment.
Total attendances at this clinic during the year numbered
854.