London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1953
[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 |