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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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE—(continued).
Findings of Medical Inspection 120
Infectious Disease 122
" Following-up " 123
Medical Treatment:—
Minor Ailments 124
Ophthalmic Department 125
Dental Department 127
Treatment of Uncleanliness 128
Other Ailments 129
Operative Treatment of Tonsils and
Adenoids 129
Open-air Education 129-130
Physical Training 131
Provision of Meals 132
Defective Footgear 132
Supply of Free Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, etc. 133
Co-operation of:—
Parents, Teachers, School Attendance
Officers and Voluntary Bodies 133
Physically and Mentally Defective Children 134-141
Employment of School Children and Young Persons 141
Medical Examination of Teachers, etc. 142
Incidence of Goitre 142
Statistical Tables:—
I.—Number of Children Inspected 144
IIa.—Return of Defects 145
IIb.—No. of Children found to Require Treatment 146
III.—Numerical Return of Exceptional Children 147
IV.—Group I.—Minor Ailments 150
Group II.—Visual Defects 151
Group III.—Nose and Throat Defects 151
Group IV.—Dental Defects 152
Group V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous
Conditions 153
V.—Summary of number of Children Inspected 154
VI.—A.—Average Heights and Weights of Boys
Inspected 156
B.—Average Heights and Weights of Girls
Inspected 158
VII.—Summary of Infectious Diseases among
School Children 160
VIII.—Summary of Scarlet Fever among School
Children 161
IX.—Summary of Diphtheria among School
Children 162
X.—Summary of Measles and German Measles
among School Children 163
XI.—Summary of Chicken Pox among School
Children 164
XII.—Summary of Whooping Cough among
School Children 165
XIII.—Summary of Mumps among School Children 166