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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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during these eight years was 718 or 3.5% of the school population.
Individual inspections in the schools ranged between 43,141 in 1950
and 32,671 in 1947.
Although the percentage found unclean in 1954 was the lowest
ever recorded, the presence of 235 unclean children in the schools
leaves no room for complacency.

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——
Body——
Scabies——
Impetigo3—
Other skin diseases204107

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 Defects456142
Squint7413
External Eye Diseases3347

Table: Squint.—The totals of children requiring treatment or observation for squint during the last five years, and the totals of medical inspections and re-inspections were:—

Squint.—The totals of children requiring treatment or observation for squint during the last five years, and the totals of medical inspections and re-inspections were:—

19541953195219511950
Treatment and observation871821448868
Medical inspections and re-inspection at school8,33210,7147,1947,6007,042

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 Tonsils7090
Adenoids32
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids3935
Other conditions5532

Table: (f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.—The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows:—

(f) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.—The number of patients requiring treatment and observation was as follows:—

TreatmentObservation
Defective Hearing8731
Otitis Media176
Other Ear Disease189

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(g) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.—A total of 218 deformities
were found to require treatment.