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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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9
5. REVIEW OF THE FACTS DISCLOSED BY
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
(N.B. -The numbers given below refer to medical and special inspections
and do not include other examinations at clinics.)

Table: (a)Classification of the Nutrition of Childreninspected during the year in the routine age groups :—

(a)Classification of the Nutrition of Childreninspected during the year in the routine age groups :—

Number Inspected"A" Good" B" Fair"C" Poor
No.%No.%No.%
Entrants2456181573.957523.4662.7
Second Age Group1687117669.746127.3502.9
Third Age Group1603112870.445528.4201.2
Totals5746411971.7149125.91362.4

Table: (b) Uncleanliness.—The following table gives comparative figures tor the past two years :—

(b) Uncleanliness.—The following table gives comparative figures tor the past two years :—

1950.1949.
Average visits to schools44
Total examinations43,14139,625
No. of individual children found unclean9231,087
Percentage uncleanliness of average attendance5.86.8

Table: (c) Minor Ailments and Skin Defects.—The following was the number of skin defects found to require treatment and observation :—

(c) Minor Ailments and Skin Defects.—The following was the number of skin defects found to require treatment and observation :—

TreatmentObservation
Ringworm—Head——
Body2—
Scabies21
Impetigo4—
Other skin diseases5741

Table: (d)Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.—The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :—

(d)Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.—The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows :—

TreatmentObservation
Visual Defects29971
Squint4919
External Eye Diseases3032

Table: (e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows

(e) Nose and Throat Defects.—The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows

TreatmentObservation
Enlarged Tonsils58320
Adenoids199
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids3446
Other Conditions16956

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The 169 cases of "other conditions" are made up of sore
throat and defects requiring diastello treatment.