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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: The following Table shows an appreciable improvement in the cleanliness of the children during the last two years :—

The following Table shows an appreciable improvement in the cleanliness of the children during the last two years :—

Yeari\uniDer oi Children Examined of Verminous ConditionNumber of Children ExcludedPercentageSummons Issued
19238,2474185.033
19249,5913293.42
19259,3872452.61

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The standard of cleanliness is being made higher every year.
A condition calling for exclusion now would not have been visited
with exclusion several years ago. The improvement in cleanliness
is therefore much greater than the figures indicate.

Table: (b)Minor Ailments.— The minor ailments found at routine and non-routine inspections were as follows:—

(b)Minor Ailments.— The minor ailments found at routine and non-routine inspections were as follows:—

Ringworm of Head24
Ringworm of Body18
Scabies6
Impetigo177
Minor Injuries10
Other Skin Diseases138
Ear Diseases (including Otorrhoea)58
Eye Disease (including Blepharitis and Con
junctivitis)47
Total478

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(c) Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids.— At the routine
inspection 46 children were found with enlarged tonsils, nine with
adenoids, twelve with enlarged tonsils and adenoids and five with