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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 1918

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

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Table: TABLE I. School Cases.

TABLE I. School Cases.

Measles1,404
Chicken Pox69
German Measles115
Mumps147
Whooping Cough121
Scarlet Fever272
Diphtheria273

Table: Report of Ophthalmic Surgeon.

Report of Ophthalmic Surgeon.

Boys.Girls.Total.
Myopia8166147
Myoptic Astigmatism202646
Hypermetropia6786153
Hypermetropic Astigmatism7265137
Mixed Astigmatism101222
Squint32730
Odd eyes121123
Various diseases4574119
No defects384482
358411759
Boys.Girls.Total.
Number excluded459

Table: TABLE II.TREATMENT CLINICS.Shewing the Number of Treatments carried out at the Clinics (Dental and Ophthalmic Cases are not included).

TABLE II.

TREATMENT CLINICS.

Shewing the Number of Treatments carried out at the Clinics (Dental and Ophthalmic Cases are not included).

Eye Inflammation773
Impetigo705
Ringworm—Body253
Septic Conditions230
Teeth Extracted86
Ringworm—Head81
Ear Conditions66
Warts34
Burns28