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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Children may be submitted for examination at the Health
Centres at 9.30a.m. on certain days of the week. Those submitted
are usually children suspected of having verminous heads or bodies,
or 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 head-teachers
for examination.
The examinations carried out during the year were as follows:—
| Verminous Children | 806 |
| Impetigo | 732 |
| Scabies | 32 |
| Ringworm | 89 |
| Eczema | 28 |
| Minor Injuries | 229 |
| Teachers on Appointment | 54 |
| Miscellaneous | 3,126 |
| Total | 5,096 |
THOMAS ORR.
School Medical Officer.
June, 1933.