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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Reference to dental inspection and treatment at Secondary and
Technical Schools is made in Section 16.
(h) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.—A total of 77
deformities was found to require treatment. Nearly every cripple
is being discovered under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme,
and is receiving treatment either under your Authority's scheme;
at one of the Metropolitan Hospitals; or from the family doctor.
| 1939. | 1938. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring Treatment. | Observation. | Requiring Treatment. | Observation. | ||
| Heart Disease- | Organic | 13 | 12 | 45 | 7 |
| Functional | 19 | 7 | 13 | 13 | |
| Anaemia | 26 | 1 | 59 | 4 | |
| Total | 58 | 20 | 117 | 24 | |
(J) Tuberculosis.—The same arrangements as for 1938.
| 1939. | 1938. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring Treatment. | Observation. | Requiring Treatment. | Observation. | |
| Enlarged Glands | 76 | — | 133 | — |
| Defective Speech | 18 | 5 | 36 | 11 |
| Bronchitis | 70 | 8 | 79 | 13 |
| Epilepsy | 6 | — | 5 | 1 |
| Chorea | 4 | — | 5 | 4 |
| Other Defects | 1,180 | 71 | 2,100 | 28 |
6. FOLLOWING UP.
The school nurses paid a total of 2,700 home visits during
1939. The visits are classified below:—
External Eye Diseases 94 Mumps 21
Measles 49 Whooping Cough 757
Tonsils and Adenoids 101 Uncleanliness 177
Chicken Pox 304 Impetigo and Sores 241
Vision 186 Dental Failures 147
Otorrhoea 158 Ringworm 12
Sore Throat 48 Scabies 48
Various 326 Deafness 31