Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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MEDICAL TREATMENT.
The following table gives the results of the work undertaken during the year in the "following up" and re.examination of cases referred for medical treatment:—
Condition. | No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary. | No. of defects for which no report is available. | No. of defects treated. | Results of Treatment. | No. of defects not treated. | Percentage of defects treated. | ||||
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From previous year. | New. | Total. | Remedied. | Improved. | Un. changed. | |||||
Clothing | ||||||||||
Footgear | ||||||||||
Cleanliness of Head | ||||||||||
Cleanliness of Body | ||||||||||
Nutrition | ||||||||||
Nose and Throat | 199 | 285 | 484 | 240 | 141 | 99 | 33 | 9 | 103 | 57.7 |
External Eye Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Ear Disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Teeth | 60 | 110 | 170 | 143 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 22.2 |
Heart and Circulation | ||||||||||
Lungs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Nervous System | ||||||||||
Skin | ||||||||||
Eickets | ||||||||||
Deformities | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tuberculosis, non.pulmon'y | ||||||||||
Speech | ||||||||||
Mental Condition | ||||||||||
Vision and Squit | 86 | 180 | 266 | 128 | 56 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 82 | 40.6 |
Hearing | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Total | 349 | 577 | 920 | 515 | 205 | 126 | 60 | 19 | 206 | 49.8 |