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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
Ilford 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections.
| A.—Routine Medical Inspections. | |
| (1) Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | |
| Entrants | 2,279 |
| Second Age Group | 2,424 |
| Third Age Group | 1,338 |
| Total | 6,491 |
| (2) Number of Other Routine Inspections | Nil. |
| Grand Total | 6,491 |
b.—other inspections.
Number of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections 10,601
Number of Children seen at "Rapid Surveys'' at Schools 20,037
Table II.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
| Age Groups | No. of Children Inspected | A. (Excellent) | B. (Normal) | C. (Slightly Subnormal) | D. (Bad) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Entrants | 2,729 | 197 | 7.2 | 2,235 | 81.9 | 296 | 10.9 | 1 | .03 |
| Second Age-Group | 2,424 | 199 | 8.3 | 1,974 | 81.5 | 248 | 10.1 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Third Age-Group | 1,338 | 209 | 15.6 | 980 | 73.3 | 148 | 11.0 | 1 | .07 |
| Total | 6,491 | 605 | 9.3 | 5,189 | 79.9 | 692 | 10.6 | 5 | 0.1 |
Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments. (Excluding Uncleanliness), for
which see Table V.
Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
| Defect or Disease | No. of Defects dealt with | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 1024 | 16 | 1040 |
| (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | |||
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| Total | 1050 | 19 | 1069 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were:— | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 546 | 15 | 561 |
| (b) Obtained | 546 | 15 | 561 |