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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Infectious Disease 124
"Following-up" 127
Medical Treatment:— 127
Minor Ailments 127
Ophthalmic Department 129
Dental Department 130
Treatment of Uncleanliness 133
Other Ailments 134
Open-Air Education 135
Physical Training 140
Provision of Meals 142
Supply of Free Cod Liver Oil, Emulsion, etc. 142
Co-operation of:—
Parents, Teachers, School Attendance Officers and
Voluntary Bodies 142
Physically and Mentally Defective Children 143
Employment of School Children and Young Persons 147
Medical Examination of Teachers, etc. 148
Statistical Tables:—
I.—Number of Children Inspected 149
IIa.—Return of Defects 150
IIb.—Number of Children found to Require Treatment 151
III.—Numerical Return of Exceptional Children 152
IIIa.—Number of Children notified to the Local Mental
Deficiency Authority 154
IV.—Group I—Minor Ailments 155
Group II—-Visual Defects 156
Group III—Nose and Throat Defects 156
Group IV—Dental Defects 157
Group V—Uncleanliness and Verminous
Conditions 157
V.—Summary of Number of Children Inspected 158
VI.—A.—Average Height and Weights of Boys
Inspected 160
B.—Average Heights and Weights of Girls
Inspected 162
VII.—-Summary of Infectious Diseases among School
Children 164
VIII.—Summary of Scarlet Fever among School Children 165
IX.—Summary of Diphtheria among School Children 166
X.—Summary of Measles and German Measles among
School Children 167
XI.—Summary of Chicken-pox among School Children 168
XII.—Summary of Whooping Cough among School
Children 169
XIII.—Summary of Mumps among School Children 170