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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

Walthamstow 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE VII.Statement of Defects for which attendances were made by Children at School Clinic during 1920.

TABLE VII.

Statement of Defects for which attendances were made by Children at School Clinic during 1920.

Conditions.First Inspection.Re-inspections.
No. Excluded under Art. 53b.No. to Return to School.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Ringworm3840504515241081
Scabies44602316503551
Impetigo731214276184
Impetigo, Sores, etc., treated959427122027581840
Skin79515915099
Verminous Heads, etc.63362663557
Sore Throat193366174249746902
Discharging Ears and Deafness at Dispensary22796427342288
Defective Vision—3168233153151
External Eye Diseases112667798251004
Tonsils and Adenoids61100136135120
Mumps4281084417
Various144189290301751583
Totals59785413011450106629377
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Number of children seen at first inspection 4202
„ „ sent by Attendance Officers and Attendance
Committees 129
„ attendances made by children 24241
„ children sent by Head Teachers 4073
„ swabs taken 1213
„ specimens of hair examined for Ringworm 8
„ operated on for Tonsils and Adenoids 361
„ children X-rayed 48
„ „ seen by Dr. Corbett—new cases 567
„ „ prescribed for 620
Total inspections 3375
Ophthalmic Surgeon's Inspections—New cases, 568. Re-inspections, 2,789