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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The work done at the school clinics is shown in the table given below:-

The work done at the school clinics is shown in the table given below:-

Number Excluded under Art. 20 B.Number not Excluded.Re-inspections.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Ringworm236138637
Scabies945——99303
Rheumatism1098291241306
Impetigo, Sores, etc.791122081071,131704
Skin28185351251251
Verminous Head, etc.1934914836540
Sore Throat859876127138
Discharging Ears and Deafness48165168654559
Defective Vision--4464—8
External Eye Disease6062135110643551
Tonsils and Adenoids——1219-2
Mumps29——34
Various2422538746863,2722,678
Totals5437131,6301,4536,5436,081

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First attendances numbered 4,339 against 4,156 in 1937, and
re-attendances 12,624 against 11,834, the total attendances being
16,963 against 15,990.

Table: The attendances at Lloyd Park and Markhouse Road Clinics are summarised below:—

The attendances at Lloyd Park and Markhouse Road Clinics are summarised below:—

First Inspections.Re-inspections.Total.Grand Total.
Excluded.Not Excluded.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Lloyd Park2724141004860431638775592515110743
Markhouse Road27129962659322272204312430966220
Total54371316301453654360818716824716963

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(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.—Treatment
for the latter is given at the school clinics (see Table IV, Group 1,
at the end of the report).
The medical treatment facilities provided by your Authority
for defects of vision, etc., consist of (A) a Myope School staffed on
the medical side by Dr. Moffatt (part-time Consultant Ophthalmic