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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: TABLE III Verminous Conditions

TABLE III Verminous Conditions

(1) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the68,974
(2) Number of individual children found unclean765
(3) Number of individual children in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued275
(1) Number of individual children in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued18

Table: TABLE IV Defects Treated Group 1, Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness)

TABLE IV Defects Treated Group 1, Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness)

Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year
By the AuthorityOtherwise
Ringworm Scalp-1
Ringworm Body3-
Scabies6
Impetigo597
Other Skin Diseases8459*+
Totals913102

Table: Group 2. Diseases of the Eye, Defective Vision and Squint

Group 2. Diseases of the Eye, Defective Vision and Squint

Number of cases dealt with
By the AuthorityOtherwise
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint19229
Errors of refraction (including squint)-1,419
Total:1921,448

Table: Group 3, Diseases and Defects of the Ear, Nose and Throat

Group 3, Diseases and Defects of the Ear, Nose and Throat

Number of eases treated
By the AuthorityOtherwise
Received operative treatment
(a) For diseases of the ear--
(b) For adenoids and chronic tonsillitis-248
(c) For other nose and throat cond it ions--
Received other forms of treatment156381
Total;156629

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