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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
East Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE IV.
TREATMENT TABLES.
GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI)
| Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| (i). X-Ray Treatment. If none, indicate by dash | |||
| (ii.) Other | – | – | – |
| Ringworm-Body | 33 | – | 33 |
| Scabies | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Impetigo | 234 | 1 | 235 |
| Other skin disease | 202 | 7 | 209 |
| (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 110 | 4 | 114 |
| 170 | 8 | 178 | |
| 1754 | 174 | 1928 | |
| Total | 2516 | 195 | 2711 |
GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 528 | — | 528 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1) | — | — | — |
| Total | 528 | — | 528 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| 330 | — | 330 | |
| 325 | 2 | 327 | |