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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

Edmonton 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: TABLE IV.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN DURING 1918.(Board of Education.)

TABLE IV.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN DURING 1918.

(Board of Education.)

Condition.No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.No. of defects f'r which no report is available!.No. of defects treated.Result of treatment.No. of defects not treated.Per centage of defects treated.
From previous years.New.Total.Remedied.Improved.Unchanged
Clothing ..-1919314284273.6
Footgear—1414212651—85.7
Cleanliness of head—186186201316640253570.4
Cleanliness of body—4444—3920910588.6
Nutrition (see special table) ..——————————
Nose and throat—343343—26715245707677.8
External eye disease—363611251357—73.5
Ear disease—12412410904029212472.6
Teeth (no dental clinic)——————————
Heart and circulation—92923763328151382.6
Lungs—9292—764022141682.6
Nervous system—1414—121101285.7
Skin—4242—4225134—100.0
Rickets—55—5—5——100.0
Deformities—1919—181161194.7
Tuberculosis (non-pulmonary)—9918—71—88.9
Speech—1414—9531561.4
Mental condition—4413—3——75.0
Vision and squint—27927982317879744082.8
Hearing—228228161828775203079.8
Miscellaneous2323514446460.9
Totals1587158780125457340627525379.0

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t This column includes (I.) those absent at the re-examination: (II.) those who have left the school or the district.