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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE IV.
TREATMENT TABLES.
GROUP I.—MINOS. 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) |
| Skin— | |||
| Ringworm-Scalp— | 2 | — | — |
| eatment. | 2 | — | 2 |
| (ii.) Other | — | — | — |
| Ringworm-Body | 19 | — | 19 |
| Scabies ... | 34 | — | 34 |
| Impetigo | 297 | 1 | 298 |
| Other skin disease | 330 | 2 | 332 |
| Minor Eye Defects | |||
| (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 132 | I | 133 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 187 | — | 187 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc) | 400 | 6 | 406 |
| Total | 1401 | 10 | 1411 |
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) | 419 | — | 419 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1) | — | — | — |
| Total | 419 | — | 419 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 222 | — | 222 |
| (6) Obtained | 213 | 9 | 222 |