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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
Walthamstow 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Board's Medical Inspector and under which each Department is
examined at the beginning of each school term. The fewer
number of examinations explains the apparent increase in percentage
found unclean. Cases of chronic uncleanliness are
followed up in the home and not by repeated inspections at
school as previously carried out.
| Entrants. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Clothing Unsatisfactory | Footgear Unsatisfactory | |
| Boys | 4.6 | 5.8 |
| Girls | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Boys | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Girls | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Boys | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Girls | 1.6 | 3.6 |
| (c) Minor Ailments and Skin Defects.— The following is the number of skin diseases found during the year:— | ||
| Ringworm— | Head | 11 |
| Body | 43 | |
| Scabies | 47 | |
| Impetigo | 282 | |
| Other Skin Disease | 289 | |
The increased number of cases of Scabies is very regrettable
and some proved impossible to cure, in spite of in-patient
treatment.
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.— 465 defects
of Vision required treatment, and 23 required observation. The
1932 figures were 616 and 25 respectively.
In addition, there were 39 cases of Squint found to require
treatment and 3 requiring observation.
433 cases of external eye diseases required treatment, including
255 cases of conjunctivitis as compared with only 123 in 1932.