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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Children may be submitted for examination at the Health
Centres on certain days of the week at 9.30 a.m. Those submitted
are usually children suspected of having verminous heads or bodies,
of having ringworm, scabies or impetigo, or those whose examination
is desirable on account of some defect, such as defective
eyesight, disease of the eye, ear, nose and throat, which may
require treatment. In fact, any child with an actual or suspected
defect and not under medical care may be submitted by the headteachers
for examination.
The examinations carried out during the year were as follows:
| Verminous Children | 974 |
| Impetigo | 595 |
| Scabies | 44 |
| Ringworm | 163 |
| Eczema | 26 |
| Minor Injuries | 129 |
| Teachers on Appointment | 38 |
| King Edward Memorial Scheme | — |
| Miscellaneous | 2,705 |
| Total | 4,674 |
May 21st, 1931.
THOMAS ORR, M.D., D.Sc.