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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During 1944 the vaccinal condition of all school children
examined at Routine Medical Inspection was recorded, and a summary
of the findings for the year showed that 20.8 per cent. were
vaocinated.
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
No action was neoessary under Seotion 176 of the Public Health
Act, 1936, for the prevention Of blindness or the treatment of
persons suffering from any disease of, or injury to, the eyes.
No cases of smallpox occurred in 1944.
SCARLET FEVER.
A total of 176 oases of Scarlet Fever was notified in 1944 as
compared with 767 in 1943.
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