Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table gives comparative figures for the past two years
1912 | 1941 | |
---|---|---|
Average number of visits to schools | 5 | 6 |
Total examinations | 33899 | 24434 |
Number of individual children found unclean | 609 | 595 |
Percentage uncleanliness of average at tendance | 6.3 | 8.8 |
Cases or chronic uncleanliness are follow up in the home .
(c) Minor Ailments and Skin Defects The following is the number of skin defects found to require treatment -
1942 | 1941 | |
---|---|---|
Ringworm - Head | 2 | 3 |
Body | 9 | 8 |
Scabies | 300 | 145 |
Impetigo | 162 | 61 |
Other skin diseases | 451 | 220 |
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :-
1942 | 1941 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Treat ment. | Obser-vation | Treat ment. | Obser vation | |
Visual defects | 215 | 42 | 182 | 78 |
Squint | 114 | 8 | 57 | 7 |
External Eye Dis: | 72 | 4 | 153 | 4 |
(e) Nose and Throat Defects:- The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :-
1942 | 1941 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Treat ment. | Obse r vation | Trea t me nt. | Cbser vation | |
Chronic Tonsillitis | 256 | 225 | 135 | 236 |
Adenoids only | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
Chronic Tonsillitis & Adenoids | 41 | 21 | 21 | 14 |
Other conditions | 294 | 90 | 167 | - |
The 294 oases of other conditions are made up of sore throats
and defects requiring diastello treatment.
(f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing : - I'atients requiring treatment -
1942 | 1941 | |
---|---|---|
Defective Hearing | 28 | 11 |
Otitis Media | 75 | 17 |
Other Ear Disease | 114 | 7 |
(g) Orthopaedic & Postural Defects - A total of 175 deformities vva-5
found to require treatment"
(h) Dental Defects
Inspec -tion. | Requiring Treatment. | Per Cent | Actually Trea terl. | Fill ings | Extract ions. | Gene ral Ana esth etics. | Other Oper-a tions |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1942 7730 | 5851 | 75.6 | 3210 | 5670 | 3962 | 22,13 | 1527 |
1941 7542 | 5230 | 69.3 | 2382 | 4361 | 2947 | 1348 | 1686 |
Reference to dental inspection and treatm nt at Scoondary
and Technical Sc'ools ir made in Section 15.
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