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Walthamstow 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: who generally speaking are unable to take part, in any complete sense, in physical exercises or games or such activities of the School curriculum as gardening or forms of handwork usually engaged in by other children.

who generally speaking are unable to take part, in any complete sense, in physical exercises or games or such activities of the School curriculum as gardening or forms of handwork usually engaged in by other children.

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School Or Institution.Total.
75———75

Table: D. CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE.This Section should be confined to children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School.

D. CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE.

This Section should be confined to children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School.

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
33——134

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TABLE IV.
Return of Defects treated during the year ended
31st December, 1933.
TREATMENT TABLE.

Table: Group I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.).

Group I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.).

Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
1234
Skin—
Ringworm—Scalp. (Show separately in brackets the number which were treated by X-Rays)12 (4)12
Ringworm—Body39—39
Scabies46—46
Impetigo2712273
Other skin disease2712273
Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II)3802382
Minor Ear Defects259—259
Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)11241261250
Total24021322534