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 Ilford]
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TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1914.
Condition.
No. of defects found for which
Treatment was considered necessary.
No. of
defects
for which
no report
is
available.
No. of
defects
treated.
Results of Treatment.
No. of
defects
not
treated.
Per
centage
of defects
treated.
From
previous
Year.
New.
Total.
Remedied.
Improved.
Unchanged.
Clothing
3
1
4
1
2
...
2
...
1
50.0
Footgear
7
2
9
1
8
8
...
...
0
88.8
Cleanliness of Head
108
98
200
15
191
31
93
67
...
92.7
Cleanliness of Body
...
2
2
...
2
...
2
...
...
100.0
Nutrition
1
8
9
2
6
4
2
...
1
66.6
Nose and Threat
56
30
86
15
48
32
15
1
23
55.8
External Eye Disease
l
3
4
1
3
1
2
...
...
75.0
Ear Disease
6
3
9
2
7
3
3
1
...
77.7
Teeth
4
4
8
2
4
4
...
...
2
50.0
Heart and Circulation
5
5
10
...
8
...
6
2
2
80.0
Lungs
...
8
8
1
6
6
...
...
1
75.0
Nervous System
1
4
5
...
5
...
5
...
...
100.0
Skin
2
7
9
...
7
5
2
...
2
77.8
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Deformities
...
3
3
...
2
...
2
...
1
66.7
Tuberculosis,Non-Pulmonary
...
1
1
...
1
...
1
...
...
100.0
Speech
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Mental Condition
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Vision and Squint
55
198
253
15
129
128
...
1
109
50.9
Hearing.
23
27
50
6
26
21
4
1
18
52.0
Miscellaneous
4
8
12
2
6
...
2
4
4
50.0
Total
276
412
688
63
461
243
141
77
164
67.0