[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 15

Walthamstow 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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7. FOLLOW-UP
The School Nurses paid a total of 678 home visits during 1955.
8. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT
(a) Tonics.—The following shows the quantity of tonics issued
during 1955:—
Cod Liver
Oil
Parrish'g
Food
Syrup Lacto
Phosphate
Cod
Liver Oil
and Malt
Cod Liver Oil
and Malt and
Parrish's Food
28 lbs
112½ lbs
21 lbs.
306 lbs.
1,586 lbs.
(b) Uncleanliness.—Treatment with Suleo was carried out
with satisfactory results, and advice and treatment is available at all
clinics and welfares. Steel combs are supplied at the various centres
at cost price, and on loan in cases of necessity. Special treatment is
available at the Hackney Borough Council's Cleansing Centre.

Table: The number of cases of skin diseases is shown in the following table detailing the work done at the school clinics:—

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The number of cases of skin diseases is shown in the following table detailing the work done at the school clinics:—

	First Inspections		Re-inspections
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Ringworm—Scalp	—	—	—	—
Body	2	—	3	—
Scabies	—	1	—	—
Impetigo	10	8	26	14
Other Skin Defects	39	62	90	88
Verminous Head	9	16	7	155
Tonsils and Adenoids	6	23	21	26
Other E.N.T. conditions	147	132	332	191
Defective Vision (including squint)	65	70	17	26
External Eye Disease	45	41	47	24
Sores	4	2	—	1
Various	779	556	1,436	1276
Totals	1,106	911	1,979	1,801

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First attendances number 2,017 against 1,782 in 1954, and
re-attendances 3,780 against 5,237, the total attendances being 5,797
against 7,019.

Table: The following table shows the new cases and attendances at Minor Ailment Clinics since the "appointed day" in July, 1948. The decrease reflects the tendency for children to be taken to family doctors.

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The following table shows the new cases and attendances at Minor Ailment Clinics since the "appointed day" in July, 1948. The decrease reflects the tendency for children to be taken to family doctors.

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955
New cases	5,086	3,757	3,356	3,106	2,990	2,397	1,782	2,017
Attendances	16,490	14,112	11,515	10,000	10,634	8,544	7,019	5,797

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Table: The number of cases of skin diseases is shown in the following table detailing the work done at the school clinics:—

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Table: The following table shows the new cases and attendances at Minor Ailment Clinics since the "appointed day" in July, 1948. The decrease reflects the tendency for children to be taken to family doctors.