London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Finchley 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: TABLE III G roup IT reatment of M inor A ilments (excluding Uncleanliness)

TABLE III G roup I

T reatment of M inor A ilments (excluding Uncleanliness)

(a)Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year
SKIN
Ringworm—Scalp
(i) X-Ray treatment—
(ii) Other treatment1
Ringworm—Body32
Scabies68
Impetigo307
Other skin diseases164
EYE DISEASE231
(External and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases admitted to hospital)
EAR DEFECTS215
MISCELLANEOUS719
(e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)
TOTAL1,737
(b)
Total number of attendances at Authority's minor ailments clinics14,404
Group II. Defective Vision and Squint
Number of defects dealt with
Errors of Refraction (including squint)291
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)9
TOTAL300
Number of Pupils for whom spectacles were
(a) prescribed217
(b) obtained201