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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

Tottenham 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Table III.— Treatment Tables.GroupI.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).

Table III.— Treatment Tables.

GroupI.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).

(a)Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Skin—
Ringworm—Scalp—
(i) X-Ray treatment1
(ii) Other treatment3
Ringworm—Body43
Scabies98
Impetigo..104
Other skin diseases616
Eye Disease (External and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases admitted to hospital).226
Ear Defects287
Miscellaneous973
(e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)
Total2,351
(6) Total number of attendances at Authority's minor ailments clinics18,802
Group II.—Defective Vision and Sqcint (excluding eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
No. of defects dealt with.
Errors of Refraction (including squint).1,258
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)46
Total1,304
No. of Pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed950
(6) Obtained932
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat
Under the Authority's Scheme.
Received Operative Treatment112
Received other forms of treatment295
Total number treated407
Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
(a) No. treated as in-patients in hospitals or hospital schools15
(b) No. treated otherwise, e.g., in clinics or out-patient departments420