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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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TABLE III.
Blind and Deaf Children who are not at the present time
receiving education suitable for their special needs.
NONE.

Table: TABLE IV.RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR. TREATMENT TABLE.Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group 6).

TABLE IV.

RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR. TREATMENT TABLE.

Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group 6).

Disease or Defect .Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwiseTotal
Skin:— Ringworm—Scalp X-ray treatment1—1
Other treatment—44
Ringworm—Body9—9
Scabies8623109
Impetigo15433187
Other Skin Disease288161449
Minor Eye Defects (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II)217118335
Minor Ear Defects23868306
Miscellaneous(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)1,015141,029
Total2.0084212.429