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 1917.
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Footgear | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cleanliness of Head | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | |
Cleanliness of Body | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 77.8 | |
Nutrition | 13 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 70.4 | |
Nose and Throat | 403 | 195 | 598 | 144 | 275 | 168 | 102 | 5 | 179 | 45.9 |
External Eye Disease | 38 | 9 | 47 | 9 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 76.6 |
Ear Disease | 36 | 9 | 45 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | |
Teeth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Heart and Circulation | 177 | 77 | 254 | 92 | 78 | 24 | 50 | 4 | 84 | 30.7 |
Lungs | 60 | 16 | 76 | 24 | 52 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 68.4 | |
Nervous System | 29 | 13 | 42 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 61.9 |
Skin | 33 | 82 | 65 | 30 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 53.9 | |
Rickets | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | _ | 2 | 40.0 | ||
Deformities | 29 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 ° | 20.0 |
Tuberculosis — Non-Pulmonary | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 69.2 | |
Speech | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 72.8 | |
Mental Condition | 27 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 91.8 | ||
Vision and Squint | 580 | 406 | 986 | 424 | 486 | 475 | 2 | 9 | 70 | 49.3 |
Hearing | 22 | 28 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 40.0 | |
Miscellaneous | 49 | 21 | 70 | 29 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 50.0 |
Totals | 1,532 | 885 | 2,417 | 866 | 1,193 | 834 | 280 | 79 | 358 | 49.4 |