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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 50 TREATMENT TABLES GROUP l.- DISEASES OF THE SKIN (excluding Uncleanliness)
| Number of Cases treated or under treatment during the year | ||
|---|---|---|
| By the Authority | Otherwise | |
| Ringworm - (i) Scalp | - | - |
| (ii) Body | 2 | 3 |
| Scabies | — | - |
| Impetigo | 6 | 1 |
| Other skin diseases | 322 | 171 |
| Total | 330 | 175 |
GROUP 2.- EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT
| No. of Cases dealt with | ||
|---|---|---|
| By the Authority | Otherwise | |
| External and Other, excluding errors of Refraction and Squint | 85 | 134 |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | - | 1,380 |
| Total | 85 | 1,514 |
Number of Pupils for whom spectacles were:
(a) Prescribed 856
(b) Obtained 856
GROUP 3.- DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
| Number of Cases treated | ||
|---|---|---|
| By the Authority | Otherwise | |
| Received operative treatment: | ||
| (a) for diseases of the ear | - | 10 |
| (b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | - | 559 |
| (c) for other nose and throat conditions | - | 1 |
| Received other forms of treatment | 158 | 768 |
| Total | 158 | 1,338 |
GROUP 4.- ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
| (a) Number treated as in-patients in Hospitals | 6 | |
| (b) Number treated otherwise, e.g. in clinics or out-patients departments | By the Authority | Otherwise |
| 183 | 296 | |