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Erith 1919

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TABLE IV.

Treatment of Defects of Children during 1919.

Condition.	No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.			No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects treated.	Results of Treatment.			No- of defects not treated.	Per cent. of defects treated.
						Remedied.	Improved.	Unchanged.
	From previous year.	New*	Total.			Remedied.	Improved.	Unchanged.
Clothing
Footwear
Cleanliness of Head		106	106		106	106				100 per cent.
Cleanliness of Body		15	15		15	15				100 „
Nutrition
Nose and Throat		288	288		88	88			200	30 „
External Eye Disease		32	32		32	32				100 „
Ear Disease		25	25		25		25			100 „
Teeth	507	625	1132		1132	1132				100 „
Heart and Circulation		40	40	40					40
Lungs		42	42						42
Nervous System
Skin		244	244		244	244				100 „
Rickets
Deformities
Tuberculosis (non-pulmonary)
Speech
Vision and Squint		243	243		211	211			32	85 „
Hearing
Miscellaneous
Total	507	1660	2167	40	1853	1828	25		314	85 „
* The return should show comprehensively all defects found during the year, from whatever source derived, which required treatment.