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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20. STATISTICAL SUMMARY
I. MEDICAL INSPECTION. | |
A. Routine Inspections | 6,719 |
B. Special Inspections and Re-inspections | 3,995 |
C. Pupils found to require treatment | 1,856 |
II. DEFECTS FOUND AT MEDICAL INSPECTION. | |
Requiring treatment | 2,189 |
For observation | 2,509 |
CLASSIFICATION OF GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS. | |
Nutrition 'A'—Good | 4,618 |
„ 'B'—Fair | 2,052 |
„ 'C'—Bad | 49 |
III. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN. | |
Total number of examinations | 36,031 |
Individual pupils found to be infested | 387 |
IV. TREATMENT. | |
(a) Minor Ailments—total defects treated | 2,397 |
(b) Defective Vision and Squint— | |
Cases treated for errors of refraction | 1,971 |
Other defects | 87 |
Pupils for whom spectacles were—prescribed | 1,063 |
obtained | 1,063 |
Orthoptic Clinic—cases treated | 347 |
(c) Nose and Throat Defects—number treated | 295 |
total attendances | 931 |
Treated as in-patients | 26 |
Treated otherwise | 786 |
(e) Child Guidance and Speech Therapy— | |
Number treated under Child Guidance arrangements | 229 |
Number treated under Speech Therapy arrangements | 261 |