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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
West Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE IV.
Treatment Tables.
Croup I.— Minor Ailments
(excluding Uncleanliness, lor which see Table VI.)
| Disease or Defect | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Skin— | |||
| Ringworm-Scalp— | |||
| (i) X-Ray Treatment | — | - | — |
| (ii) Other „ | — | — | — |
| Ringworm-Body | — | — | — |
| Scabies | — | — | — |
| Impetigo | — | - | - |
| Other skin disease | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Minor Eye Defects (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores chilblains, etc.) | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| Total | 29 | 36 | 65 |
Croup II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's | Otherwise | Total. | |
| (l) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint). | 416 | 13 | 429 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | - | - | - |
| Total | 416 | 13 | 429 |