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 1915
[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. | Number in whom treatment was unnecessary through spontaneous cure or relief. | Left. | Refused. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasses. | Treatment. | Operation. | Glasses. | Treatment. | Operation. | Glasses. | Treatment. | |||||||
| Defective Vision including Squint | 234 | 7 | ... | 81 | 5 | ... | 15 | 6 | ... | 210 | 138 | 45 | 52 | 793 |
| Enlarged Tonsils, Adenoids and Glands | ... | ... | 63 | ... | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | ... | 139 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 265 |
| Discharging Ears and Deafness | ... | 7 | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 17 | 8 | 23 | ... | 2 | ... | 70 |
| Inflamed Eyes | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
| Malnutrition, Anaemia and Debility | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 |
| Ringworm, Impetigo and other skin affections | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Heart and Lungaffections | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 34 | 19 | 54 | ... | 4 | ... | 116 |
| Decayed Teeth | ... | 84 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 15 | 5 | 137 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 266 |
| Other conditions | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | 6 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 85 |
| 234 | 102 | 72 | 81 | 48 | 5 | 18 | 92 | 49 | 612 | 150 | 67 | 75 | 1611 | |