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Ealing 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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61
Analysis of ReFlies
(a) Boys 22 show imFroved health.
2 admitted to HosFital,
2 attending own Doctor.
1 attending sFecial school.
5 moved from district.
(b) Girls All interviewed are in good health,
and not needing to attend own Doctor.
2 have moved from the district.
The rest are still to be followed uF by the Health
Visitors.
There were 1,402 attendances during the year.
FOOT HEALTHo
The work in this section of the School Medical Service
has continued throughout the year.
The Foot Health Nurse has carried out regular visits
to all the schools to insFect the children's feet and to
record her findings. Very nearly 9,000 children have been
seen by her over the twelve months, of which 228 have
been referred to the Medical Officer in charge of Foot
Health.
ill-fitting shoes. This figure shows a disturbing increase of 4,8% as comFared with the slight increase or decrease for other conditions - for examFle those of Everted Ankles or Hallux Valgus - see Table I.
| 1960 | % | 1961 | % | Change % 1960/61 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of children insFected | 10,904 | 8,975 | |||
| Everted Ankles | 183 | 1.7 | 166 | 1.8 | + 0.1 |
| Hallux Valgus | 2,444 | 22.4 | 2,180 | 24.3 | + 0.1 |
| Ill-fitting shoes | 2,923 | 26.8 | 2,837 | 31.6 | + 4.8 |
To determine where this aFFarent increase in the
number of children wearing ill-fitting shoes has taken
Flace, further breakdown of the statistics has been made
and is summarised in Table II. It will be seen that both
girls and boys over 11 years show a considerable increase
from 1960 to 1961.