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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 1919

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

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Table: TABLE I. School Cases.

TABLE I. School Cases.

Measles963
Chicken Pox95
German Measles94
Mumps120
Whooping Cough39
Scarlet Fever384
Diphtheria319

Table: Report of Ophthalmic Surgeon.

Report of Ophthalmic Surgeon.

Boys.Girls.Total
Myopia7073143
Myopic Astigmatism282250
Hypermetropia6880148
Hypermetropic Astigmatism8343126
Mixed Astigmatism91221
Squint (without error of refraction)141630
Odd Eyes51015
Various Diseases4470114
Ciliary Spasms222143
No Defects223860
365385750
Boys.Girls.Total
Numbers excluded8412

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

TABLE II.

TOWN HALL TREATMENT CLINIC.

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

Impetigo1,393
Ear Conditions769
Septic Conditions691
Eye Inflammation611
Ringworm—Body85
Abscess61
Injury33