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 Leyton]
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TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 19,19.
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. | Percentage of defects treated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From previous year. | 1919. | Total. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged. | |||||
Clothing | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 100.0 |
Footgear | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 100.0 |
Cleanliness of Head | 14 | 538 | 552 | - | 552 | 492 | 60 | - | - | 100.0 |
Cleanliness of Body | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 100.0 |
Nutrition | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 13 | - | 8 | 6 | 2 | 68.4 |
Nose and Throat | 389 | 320 | 709 | 169 | 290 | 154 | 112 | 24 | 250 | 40.9 |
External Eye Disease | 21 | 110 | 131 | 4 | 127 | 92 | 32 | 3 | - | 96.9 |
Ear Disease | 30 | 80 | 110 | 9 | 99 | 67 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 90.0 |
Teeth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Heart and Circulation | 102 | 51 | 158 | 31 | 109 | 6 | 72 | 31 | 13 | 712 |
Lungs | 26 | 32 | 58 | 9 | 49 | 5 | 37 | 7 | 84.5 | |
Nervous System | 19 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 64.3 |
Skin | 35 | 1,053 | 1,088 | 5 | 1,083 | 939 | 144 | - | - | 99.5 |
Rickets | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 23.8 |
Deformities | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27.3 |
Tuberculosis — Non-Pulmonary | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | 92 .9 |
Speech | 13 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 15 | - | 13 | 2 | 1 | 51.7 |
Mental Condition | 50 | 23 | 73 | 7 | 47 | - | 18 | 29 | 19 | 64.4 |
Vision and Squint | 293 | 457 | 750 | 21 | 552 | 393 | 20 | 139 | 177 | 78.6 |
Hearing | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
Miscellaneous | 28 | 164 | 187 | 9 | 177 | 134 | 43 | - | 1 | 94.7 |
Totals | 1,050 | 2,920 | 3,970 | 301 | 3,184 | 2,298 | 629 | 257 | 485 | 80.2 |