London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
East Ham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE OF RESULTS AFTER FOLLOWING UP.
| Clinic. | Hospital. | Private Practitioner. | Home Treatment. | No Treatment. | Per centnge in whom treatment was unnecessary through spontaneous cure or relief. | Left. | Refused. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasses. | Treatment. | Opera, tion. | Glasses. | Treat-ment. | Operation. | Glasses. | Treatment. | |||||||
| Defective Vision including Squint | 149 | 27 | 1 | 64 | 6 | ... | 15 | 7 | ... | 113 | 62 | 28 | 42 | 514 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | ... | ... | 116 | ... | 11 | 7 | ... | 11 | ... | 111 | 53 | 6 | 33 | 348 |
| Discharging Ears and Deafness | ... | 27 | 9 | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 16 | 13 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 132 |
| Inflamed Eyes | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 30 |
| Malnutrition, Anaemia and Debility | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 13 |
| Ringworm, Impetigo and other skin affections | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
| Decayed Teeth | ... | 121 | ... | ... | 31 | ... | ... | 62 | ... | 457 | 5 | 71 | 40 | 787 |
| Other conditions | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 43 | ... | ... | 49 | 9 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 158 |
| 149 | 198 | 128 | 64 | 123 | 7 | 15 | 155 | 32 | 753 | 137 | 118 | 118 | 1992 | |