Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Disease or Defect. | Number of Children. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Referred for Treatment | Treated. | |||
Under Local Education Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total. | ||
Skin:— | ||||
Ringworm-Head | 85 | 52* | 17* | 69* |
Ringworm-Body | 65 | 44* | 14* | 58* |
Scabies | 54 | 54 | - | 54 |
Impetigo | 96 | 90 | 6 | 96 |
Minor Injuries | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Other Skin Disease | 13 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
Ear Disease | 16 | - | 9 | 9 |
Eye Disease (external and other) | 28 | - | 10 | 10 |
Miscellaneous | 23 | — | 9 | 9 |
*These figures represent the numbers whose treatment was completed
by the end of the year. All the cases received treatment but 16 cases
of ringworm of the head and 7 cases of ringworm of the body were still
under treatment at the end of the year.
B.—Treatment of Visual Defect.
N umber of C hildren.
Referred for refraction. | Submitted to 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. | ||||||
146 | — | 135 | 6 | 141 | 123 | 123 | 13 | 12 | 5 |