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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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3 home visits were paid by the School Nurses to cases of minor infectious disease. In addition the Sanitary Inspectors paid 1,921 visits to measles cases, and 301 visits to whooping-cough cases.
| No. of cases at beginning of 1952 | No. of cases reported during 1952 | Total | Remedied during 1952 | No. of cases under observation at end of 1952 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalp | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Body | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
F ollowing U p .—During 1952, 4,736 home visits by the School Nurses were paid for the purpose, and 3,540 re-examinations of children (some on several occasions) were carried out by the doctors at school; 144 visits to schools were made for this purpose alone, and other children were seen at the visits for routine medical inspection.
| Newbury Hall | Mayesbrook | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of individual children seen | 1,357 | 1,664 |
| Number of attendances of children | 2,516 | 2,887 |
| Number of exclusion certificates granted | 39 | 133 |
| Number of certificates of fitness to attend school granted | 39 | 101 |
| The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the Clinics during the year:— | ||
| Subnormal Nutrition | 878 | |
| Debility | 28 | |
| Uncleanliness: — | ||
| Head | 103 | |
| Body | 1 | |
| Skin:— | ||
| Ringworm:— | ||
| Head | — | |
| Body | — | |
| Scabies | — | |
| Impetigo | 15 | |
| Dermatitis | 4 | |
| Urticaria | 12 | |
| Furunculosis | 44 | |
| Eczema | 11 | |
| Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 257 | |
| Eye:— | ||
| Blepharitis | 45 | |
| Conjunctivitis | 48 | |
| Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 118 | |
| Squint | 14 | |
| Other conditions | 78 | |