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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
Penge 1917
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Penge]
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Table IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1917.
| 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. | New | Total. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged. | |||||
| Clothing | 1 | _ | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Footgear | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 100 |
| Cleanliness of Head | 19 | 56 | 75 | 11 | 47 | 16 | 31 | — | 17 | 62.66 |
| Cleanliness of Body | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 75 |
| Nutrition | — | 7 | 7 | — | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 85.71 |
| Nose and Throat | 19 | 47 | 66 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 13 | — | 25 | 42.44 |
| External Eye Disease | — | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 100 |
| Ear Disease | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 100 |
| Teeth | — | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 66.66 |
| Heart and Circulation | — | 5 | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 100 |
| Lungs | ||||||||||
| Nervous System | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 100 |
| Skin | — | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 100 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deformities | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 100 |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Speech | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mental Condition | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vision and Squint | 20 | 41 | 61 | 4 | 39 | 36 | — | 3 | 18 | 63.93 |
| Hearing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 100 |
| Total | 63 | 188 | 250 | 31 | 154 | 89 | 55 | 10 | 63 | 61.6 |
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