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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The work done for the Essex County Council is shown below and is not included in Table IV at the end of the report.INSPECTIONS.

The work done for the Essex County Council is shown below and is not included in Table IV at the end of the report.

INSPECTIONS.

Ages.No. offered Treatment.% requiring Treatment.
11 yrs.12 yrs.13 yrs.14 yrs.15 yrs.16 yrs.17 yrs.18 yrs.
Total54123219218225827165770.7
TREATMENT.
No. of Children.Attendances.Extractions.Anaesthetics.Fillings.Other Operations.
Temp. Teeth.Perm. Teeth.Local.GeneralPerm. Teeth.Perm. Teeth.
553943211314114297657377

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(i) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.—Details of the work
done under the scheme are given in the section dealing with Defective
Children.
(j) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The following is a
report on the work of the Rheumatism Clinic during 1945:—
Number of sessions 10
,, ,, new cases 67
,, ,, old cases 45
,, discharged 33
,, still under treatment 39
,, of new cases with rheumatism or cardiac defect 10
,, excluded from games and exercises 1
,, to begin games and exercises 1
,, referred to Open Air School 1
(k) Tuberculosis.—The number of school children examined
during the year was: boys 145 and girls 134, of which 40 boys and
34 girls were referred by the school medical staff. 79 of the cases
were sent by private practitioners, and 126 were examined as
contacts.
At the end of the year the live register of notified cases of school
age was: Pulmonary 27, Non-Pulmonary 27.
(l) Artificial Sunlight Treatment.—The number of children
treated was 269 making 2,622 attendances.