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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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INFECTIOUS AND (or) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The number of children excluded at the routine inspection was 56—11 boys and 15 girls, the reasons for exclusion being:—
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V erm in. | Head | — | 1 | Contag. Skin Dis. | ' | ||
| Body | 22 | 4 | |||||
| Head and Body | 6 | 1 | Ringworm .. | 2 | 1 | ||
| Scabies | 3 | — | Impetigo | 1 | 2 | ||
| Infec. Dis. | German Measles | 1 | — | ||||
| Mumps | 1 | — | |||||
| Measles | — | 1 | Other Conditions | 2 | 3 | ||
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | — | Totals | 41 | 15 | ||
N.B.—None were excluded for nits only.
EXCLUSION CERTIFICATES.
I.—For Contagious and other Diseases.
The total number of exclusion certificates (including the above) issued by
the School Medical Officers during the year was 728, compared with 657 the year before.
The reasons for the exclusions were:—
| No. of Cert. | No. of Cert. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Impetigo | 170 | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 |
| Ringworm | 120 | Chicken-pox | 6 |
| Vermin | 112 | Other Tubercular Diseases | 5 |
| Scabies | 99 | Anaemia | 4 |
| Other causes | 57 | Mumps | 2 |
| Tonsilitis | 34 | Epilepsy | 2 |
| Skin Diseases | 22 | Influenza | 2 |
| Eye trouble.. | 21 | Whooping Cough | 2 |
| Febricula | 18 | Measles | 2 |
| Bronchial Catarrh .. | 13 | Diphtheria | 2 |
| Chorea | 12 | Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| Ear Disease | 12 | Mental Defective | 1 |
| Total | 728 |
The number, 728, is 71 more than last year. Scabies numbered 109 last
year.
II.—For Infectious Diseases (Notifiable and Non-Notifiable).
Without measles, in connection with the notifiable infectious diseases,
1,369 notices were issued by the Medical Officer of Health excluding 1,510