[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 13

Walthamstow 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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

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

	1955	1954
Average visits to schools	4	4
Total examinations	28,666	34,547
No. of individual pupils found unclean	106	235
Percentage uncleanliness of average attendance	0.6	1.29

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The highest and lowest percentages since 1947 were 6.2 in
1949 and 0.6 in 1955. Although the percentage found unclean in
1955 was the lowest ever recorded, the presence of even 106
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 or observation:—

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

	Treatment	Observation
Ringworm—Head	—	—
Body	—	—
Scabies	—	—
Impetigo	—	—
Other skin diseases	136	109

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

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

	Treatment	Observation
Visual Defects	807	330
Squint	91	37
External Eye Diseases	52	41

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Squint.—The totals of children requiring treatment or observation
for squint during the past two years, and the totals of medical
inspections and re-inspections were.—
1955 1954
Treatment or observation 128 87
Medical inspections and re-inspections
at school 8,754 8,332

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

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

	Treatment	Observation
Enlarged Tonsils	37	186
Adenoids	5	14
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids	37	83
Other conditions	71	42

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Walthamstow 1955

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

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

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

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