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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments Clinics.- The attendances during
1959 were as follows:-
Newbury
Hall Mayesbrook
Number of individual children seen 275 434
Number of attendances of children 464 689
Number of exclusion certificates
granted 8 19
Number of certificates of fitness
to attend school granted 4 18
The following table shows the conditions dealt with
at both the Clinics during the year:-
Subnormal Nutrition 188
Debility 55
Uncleanliness:-
Head 21
Body
Skin: -
Ringworm: -
Head
Body 1
Scabies
Impetigo 7
Dermatitis 3
Urticaria -
Furunculosis 6
Eczema 3
Athletes Foot 21
Warts 88
Other Skin Diseases
(Non-Tuberculosis) 34
Eye:-
Blepharitis 5
Conjunctivitis 5
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 64
Squint 6
Other conditions 39