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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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11.
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) |
| Skin. | |||
| Ringworm Scalp:- | |||
| (i) X-Ray Treatment. | - | - | - |
| (ii) Other Treatment. | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ringworm Body | - | 1 | 1 |
| Scabies | 23 | - | 23 |
| Impetigo | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| Other skin disease | 86 | - | 86 |
| Minor Eye Defects. (External and other, "but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 32 | 4 | 36 |
| Minor Ear Defects. (Treatment for more serious diseases of the ear (e.g. operative treatment in hospital) is recorded in the body of the Annual Report. ) | 16 | - | 16 |
| Miscellaneous, (e.g. minor injuries, bruises,sores, chilblains, etc. ) | 524 | 9 | 533 |
| Total:- | 705 | 17 | 720 |
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). | 122 | - | 122 |
| (Operations for squint are recorded separately in the "body of the Annual Report). Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I). | - | - | - |
| Total:- | 122 | - | 122 |
| No. of Children for whom spec- tacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 62 | - | 62 |
| (b) Obtained | 58 | 4 | 62 |