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Ealing 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin.—The
treatment of minor ailments carried out at the Health Centres
is shown in Table IV, Group 1 (page 96). It will be seen that as
many as 73.4 per cent. of the children found to be suffering from
minor ailments on medical inspection attended the Health Centres
for treatment.
The number of cases treated and the total number of attendances made were as follows
| Condition Treated | No. of cases treated | Total attendances made |
|---|---|---|
| Skin: | ||
| Ringworm | 16 | 64 |
| Scabies | 128 | 376 |
| Impetigo | 339 | 2,970 |
| Others | 239 | 1,248 |
| Minor eye defects | 290 | 2,658 |
| Minor ear defects | 363 | 5,882 |
| Miscellaneous: | ||
| Minor injuries | 315 | 1,411 |
| Sores | 1,098 | 7,096 |
| Others | 123 | 556 |
| Total | 2,911 | 22,261 |
Cases of scabies are now treated by the new method, using
benzyl benzoate solution which is more efficacious and less troublesome
than the old method with sulphur ointment
Owing to the ease with which scabies spreads throughout a
family it is deemed to be useless to treat affected school children
only and now all the children in a family under school age are
inspected and treated if necessary. An effort is also made to have
the parents inspected or referred to their own medical practitioner