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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
Ealing 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Infectious Disease.—During the year there were notified
in the weekly returns of Infectious Diseases from the schools,
131 absentees owing to measles, 130 owing to whooping cough,
138 owing to chickenpox and 132 owing to mumps.
Under Article 53 of the Education Code, 209 children were excluded during the year for the following causes :—
| Conjunctivitis | 10 |
| Impetigo | 144 |
| Ringworm of head | 16 |
| Ringworm of body | 12 |
| Scabies | 26 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 1 |
| Total | 209 |
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Minor Ailments.—Minor ailments to the number of 354
were treated at the School Clinic, and 65 by private medical practitioners
or at hospitals.
The total attendances at the School Clinic for the daily treatment
of minor ailments were 4,627, eighteen for every day on
which the Clinic was available.
Daily Treatments , 1923.
| Ear Cases | 793 |
| Eye Cases | 846 |
| Dressings | 462 |
| Ringworm | 157 |
| Impetigo | 1903 |
| Scabies | 69 |
| Others | 397 |
| Total | 4627 |