Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE IV.
RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1937.
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Defect or disease. | Number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elementary schools. | Secondary schools. | Special schools. | Nursery schools. | |||||
Under Local Authority's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under Local Authority's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under Local Authority's scheme. | Under Local Authority's scheme. | |
Skin :— | ||||||||
Ringworm: scalp (a) X-rays | 13 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Ringworm, body | 96 | 2 | 98 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Scabies | 251 | 3 | 254 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 |
Impetigo | 620 | 17 | 637 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Other skin diseases | 3,160 | 73 | 3,233 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 29 |
Minor eye defects | ||||||||
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II) | 926 | 43 | 969 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 26 |
Minor ear defects | 869 | 69 | 938 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 34 |
Miscellaneous | 6,248 | 537 | 6,785 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 328 | 196 |
Totals | 12,190 | 747 | 12,937 | 48 | 16 | 64 | 415 | 292 |