[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton] page 58

Leyton 1917

[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.	No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects treated.	Remedied.	Improved.	Unchanged.	No. of defects not treated.	Percentage of defects treated.
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