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 East Ham]
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Table IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1920.
A.—Treatment of Minor Ailments.
| Disease or Defect. | Number of Children. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referred for Treatment. | Treated. | |||
| Under Local Education Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||
| Ringworm— Head | 125 | 123 | - | 123 |
| Ringworm—Body | 99 | 81 | 12 | 93 |
| Scabies | 217 | 133 | 71 | 204 |
| Impetigo | 541 | 515 | 9 | 524 |
| Minor Injuries | 41 | 33 | 8 | 41 |
| Other skin disease | 283 | 198 | 70 | 268 |
| 388 | 271 | 51 | 322 | |
| 295 | 268 | 19 | 287 | |
| 1400 | 1014 | 299 | 1313 | |
B.—'Treatment of Visual Defect.
| Referred for Refraction. | Submitted to Refraction. | For whom Glasses were Prescribed. | For whom Glasses were Provided. | Recommended for Treatment other than by Glasser. | Received other Forms of Treatment. | For whom no Treatment was considered neces-sary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Local Education Authority's Scheme Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital. | Other- wise. | Total. | ||||||
| 806 | 526 | 14 | - | 540 | 359 | 359 | 43 | 43 | 122 |