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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Boys. | Girls. | Mixed. | Infants. | Nursery. |
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No. of Children. | "A" Excellent. | "B" Normal. | "C" Slightly Subnormal. | D" Bad. |
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A and B. | C. | D. |
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1945. | 1944. |
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1945. | 1944. |
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1945. | 1944. | |||
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Treatment. | Observation. | Treatment. | Observation. |
1945. | 1944. | |||
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Treatment. | Observation. | Treatment. | Observation. |
1945. | 1944. |
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Inspection. | Requiring treatment. | Per Cent. | Actually treated. | Fillings. | Extractions. | General Anaesthetics. | Other Operations. |
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1945. | 1944. | |||
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Treatment. | Observation. | Treatment. | Observation. |
Cod Liver Oil. | Parrish's Food. | Syrup Lacto Phosphate. | Cod Liver Oil and Malt. | Cod Liver Oil & Malt & Parrish's Food. |
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Conditions | First Inspections. | Re-inspections. | ||||
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Number Excluded | Number not Excluded. | |||||
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. |
Defect. | Under 7 years. | 7-11 years. | Over 11 years. | Secondary Schools. | Total. | |||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. |
Defects. | Boys | Girls. | Total. |
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Year. | At Connaught Hospital. | Privately. | Total. |
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Diagnosis. | Total (Ears). | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Result. | |||||||||
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Zinc Ionisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Tonsils & Adenoids Treatment: Nasal Treatment etc. | Tonsils & Adenoids Operation. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation. | Left School or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not Attend or Declined Treatment. | ||||
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
Diagnosis. | Diagnosis. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||||||
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Chronic Tympanic Sepsis, Complicated by:— | Totals (Ears). | Granulations: Simple Polypii. | Mastoid Disease. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Nasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: Sinusitis. | External Otitis, Eczema. | Primary (Ear). | Collateral (Nose and Throat). | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment: Observation. | Left School or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred to Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend for or Declined Treatment. | |||||||
Old Operation. | No Operation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ionisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. Cautery, etc. | Mastoid Operation. | Tonsils/Adenoids. Conservative Treatment. Nasal Treatm. | Tonsils and Adenoids Operation. | |||||||||||||||||
A | Granulations: Simple Polypii | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p |
Diagnosis. Primary Conditions. | Totals. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Secondary Conditions. | Treatment. | Results. | |||||||||||||
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Otitis Media. | Deafness. | Nasal Catarrh. etc. | Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. | Diastolisation. | Antiseptic Treatment. | Proetz Displacement. | Tonsils and Adenoids. | Cured. | Improved. | Still under Treatment or Observation | Left school or Treatment Lapsed. | Referred Hospital for Operation. | Did not attend or Declined Treatment. | |||||
Conservative Treatment. | Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r |
Ages. | No. offered Treatment. | % requiring Treatment. | |||||||||||||
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11 yrs. | 12 yrs. | 13 yrs. | 14 yrs. | 15 yrs. | 16 yrs. | 17 yrs. | 18 yrs. |
Sore Throat. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Chicken Pox. | Ringworm & Scabies. | Impetigo Sores, etc. | Sore Eyes. |
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Exclusions. | Chicken Pox. | Measles & G.M. | Whooping Cough | Sore Throat. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea. | Mumps. | Scabies. | Ringworm. | Various. | Totals. |
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Number Examined. | Number found to be Vaccinated. | Percentage Vaccinated. |
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Number Inspected. | Number of Parents. | Per cent. 1945. | Per cent. 1944. |
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Nature of Offence. | How Dealt with. |
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Walthamstow | Out of District | Total | ||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. |
Defects. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||
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5-16 years. | Under 5 yrs. | Over 16 yrs. | 5-16 years. | Under 5 yrs. | Over 16 yrs. |
Defects. | Requiring treatment, | Requiring observation. |
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Number of Children Inspected. | A (Excellent). | B (Normal). | C (Slightly subnormal). | D (Bad). | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Errors of Refraction (including squint). | Other defects or diseases of the eyes. | Number of children for whom spectacles were: | |
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Prescribed. | Obtained. |
Received Operative Treatment. | Received Other Forms of Treatment. | Total. |
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Number of totally or almost totally blind and deaf children who are not at the present time receiving education suitable for their special needs:— |
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