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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
Enfield 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following defects were found:—
| Defects. | School. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jnr. Technical | Grammar. | County. | |
| Defective Vision | 29 | 15 | 26 |
| Defective Hearing | – | – | 1 |
| Blepharitis | – | – | 1 |
| Enlarged Tonsils | 2 | 1 | – |
| Adenoids | – | 3 | – |
| Other Nose and Throat Conditions | – | 2 | |
| Other Lung Conditions (Non-tuberculous) | – | _ | 1 |
| Spinal Curvature | – | 3 | 4 |
| Other Deformities | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Other Diseases and Defects | 4 | 7 | 1 |
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Diphtheria | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 109 |
| Dysentery | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 16 |
| Erysipelas 1 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 |
| Measles | 621 |
| Whooping Cough | 79 |
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL NURSES
| Number of home visits | 1,822 |
| Number of school visits | 244 |
| Number of school visits for routine examination of heads | 180 |
| Total number of heads examined | 32,945 |
| Number of individual children found unclean | 1,028 |
| Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken | Nil |