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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE IV.
(Board of Education)
TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN
DURING 1920.
From 16th March, 1920.
| Disease or defect | Number of Children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referred for treatment. | Treated. | ||||
| Under Local Education Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Not treated. | ||
| Skin— | |||||
| Ringworm—head | 103 | 90 | 12 | 102 | 1 |
| Ringworm—body | 80 | 60 | 20 | 80 | — |
| Scabies | 165 | 99 | 63 | 162 | 3 |
| Impetigo | 479 | 354 | 80 | 434 | 45 |
| Minor Injuries | 126 | 113 | 13 | 126 | - |
| Other skin diseases | 204 | 105 | 29 | 134 | 70 |
| Ear Disease | 388 | 298 | 10 | 308 | 80 |
| Eye Disease (external) | 177 | 124 | 16 | 140 | 37 |
| Miscellaneous | 381 | 109 | 263 | 372 | 9 |
from May 13th, 1920.
| Number of children | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referred for re-fraction. | Submitted for refraction. | For whom glasses were prescribed. | For whom glasses were provided. | Recommended for treatment other than by glasses. | Received other forms of treatment. | For whom no treatment was considered necessary. | |||
| Under Local Education Authority's Scheme Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||||||
| 341 | 192 | 8 | — | 200 | Clinic— 156 Practitioners— 8 164 | Public— 156 Private- 8 164 | 236 | 59 | 28 |