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. A.— Treatment of Minor Ailments.
Disease or Defect. | Number of Children. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Referred for Treatment. | Treated. | |||
Under Local Education Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||
Ringworm (Head) | 39 | 39 | - | 39 |
Ringworm (Body) | 34 | 34 | - | 34 |
Scabies | 146 | 146 | - | 146 |
Impetigo | 586 | 586 | - | 586 |
Other skin disease | 152 | 152 | - | 152 |
59 | 59 | - | 59 | |
114 | 57 | 39 | 96 | |
105 | 93 | 10 | 103 | |
851 | 151 | 700 | 851 | |
Totals | 2086 | 1317 | 749 | 2066 |
Table IV. B.— Treatment of Visual Defect.
Number of Children. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Referred for Refraction. | Submitted to Refraction. | For whom Glasses were prescribed. | For whom Glasses were provided. | Recommended for Treatment other than by Glasses. | Received other Forms of Treatment. | For whom no Treatment was considered necessary | |||
Under Local Education Authority's Scheme, Clinic, or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
*763 | 464 | 39 | 62 | 565 | 460 | 460 | 9 | 9 | 96 |
*Col. 1-99 of these cases were from 1919.