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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
Ilford 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1919.
| Condition. | Number of defects found for which Treatment was considered necessary. | Number of defects for which no report is available. | Number of defects treated. | Results of Treatment. | Number of defects not treated. | Percentage of defects treated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From previous year. | * New. | Total. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged. | |||||
| Clothing | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Footgear | — | 12 | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1 | 36 | 37 | — | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | ||
| Cleanliness of Body | — | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9 | — | — | 90 | ||
| Nutrition | — | 1 | 1 | _— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Nose and Throat | — | 292 | 292 | 35 | 231 | 198 | 79 | |||
| External Eye Disease | 1 | 37 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 29 | — | 2 | 92 | |
| Ear Disease | — | 60 | 60 | 1 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 71 | ||
| (b)Teeth | — | 1697 | 1697 | — | 765 | 765 | — | — | 932 | 45 |
| Heart and Circulation | 1 | 71 | 72 | 4 | 43 | 6 | ||||
| Lungs | — | 26 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 4 | — | 73 | ||
| Nervous System | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 75 | |||
| Skin | 17 | 498 | 515 | 407 | 407 | — | — | 92 | 79 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deformities | — | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 54 | |||
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||
| Non-Pulmonary | — | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 53 |
| Speech | — | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 83 | |||
| Mental Condition | — | 13 | 13 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 6 | 53 |
| Vision and Squint | 247 | 368 | 1 | 366 | 366 | — | — | 42 | 88 | |
| Hearing | — | 64 | 64 | 44 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 142 | 142 | 17 | 98 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 69 | ||
| Totals | 183 | 3,260 | 3,443 | 103 | 2,174 | 2,047 | 63 | 57 | 1,166 | 63 |
{a) Cleanliness of Head.—In addition to the above, see School Nuise's visits to schools, also Table II. The above figures are only
of children found with living vermin.
re (b) Teeth—Of these 1,697 cases, 1,649 were the result of examination by the School Dentist ; and 48 were found on Medical
Inspection to require very urgent treatment.
* The return should show comprehensively all defects found during the year, from whatever source derived, which required treatment..