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 Ealing]
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Treatment of Defects of Children during 1918.
Condition. | No. of defects found for which treatment was considered neces sary. | No. of defects for which no report is available. | No. of defects treated. | Results of Treatment. | No. of defects not treated. | Percentage of defects treated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From previous year | ! New. | Total. | ||||||||
Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged | ||||||||
Clothing | 17 | 17 | - | 17 | 17 | - | - | 100 | ||
Footgear | — | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | - | - | _ | 100 |
Cleanliness of Head | — | 379 | 379 | — | 379 | 379 | - | - | _ | 100 |
Cleanliness of Body | — | 58 | 58 | — | 58 | 58 | - | - | _ | 100 |
Nutrition | — | — | — | — | _ | ___ | - | - | __ | _ |
Nose and Throat | 27 | 390 | 417 | 241 | 176 | 176 | - | _ | _ | 42 |
External Eye Disease | — | 40 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 22 | - | _ | _ | 55 |
Ear Disease | — | 16 | 16 | 4 | 12 | _ | 10 | 2 | _ | 75 |
Teeth | — | 747 | 747 | - | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Heart and Circulation | 18 | 52 | 70 | - | 70 | - | 30 | 40 | 100 | |
Lungs | 8 | 4 | 12 | — | 12 | - | 7 | 5 | _ | 100 |
Nervous System | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | - | - | - | _ | _ |
Skin | — | 46 | 46 | — | 46 | 46 | - | - | _ | 100 |
Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | _ | _ |
Deformities | — | 196 | 196 | — | - | - | - | - | _ | |
Tubiroulosis (Non-Fulmon Speech ary) | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ |
— | 7 | 7 | — | — | - | - | - | _ | _ | |
Mental Condition | — | 110 | 110 | — | — | - | -_ | - | _ | _ |
Vision and Squint | 17 | 188 | 205 | 63 | 142 | 142 | -_ | - | _ | 70 |
Hearing | 19 | 19 | 5 | 14 | — | 12 | 2 | _ | 74 | |
Miscellaneous | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Totai. | 70 | 2280 | 2350 | 331 | 1054 | 946 | 59 | 49 | — | 45 |