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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TREATMENT CLINICSDefects dealt with at Minor Ailment Clinics by Assistant School Medical Officers:—

TREATMENT CLINICS

Defects dealt with at Minor Ailment Clinics by Assistant School Medical Officers:—

Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation
Skin: (a) Ringworm of Scalp2—
(b) Ringworm of Body29—
(c) Scabies11—
(d) Impetigo56—
(e) Other skin conditions2758
Eyes: (a) Defective vision25382
(b) Squint111
(c) Other eye conditions16617
Ears: (a) Defective hearing2714
(b) Other ear conditions15816
Nose or Throat195109
Speech273
Cervical Glands517
Heart and Circulation14
Lung conditions2212
Developmental: (a) Hernia21
(b) Other——
Orthopædic: (a) Posture11
(b) Flat foot165
(c) Other563
Nervous system36
Psychological: (a) Development——
(b) Stability73
Post Scarlet Fever examinations1657
Other conditions1,218427
The total of attendances at the Doctors' Minor Ailment Clinics was 4.035, and the number of individual children attending was 3,277