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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 1921

[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 1921.

TABLE VII.

Statement of Defects for which attendances were made by Children at School Clinic during 1921.

Conditions.First Inspection.Re-inspections.
No. Excluded under Art. 53k.No. to Return to School.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Ringworm6259626015871398
Scabies183839192462
Impetigo5418202621
Impetigo, Sores, etc., treated986824913025971092
Skin566074275245
Verminous Head, etc.—1141710292
Sore Throat251384151152605857
Discharging Ears and Deafness at Dispensary7121268824332084
Defective Vision211992183127
External Eye Diseases273081691113900
Tonsils and Adenoids34199114102123
Mumps72817122434
Various223244484401860576
Totals7739421561136498558111
464017966
Number of children seen at first inspection4640
„ „ sent by Attendance Officers and Attendance Committees204
„ attendances made by children22606
„ children sent by Head Teachers4426
„ swabs taken727
„ specimens of hair examined for Ringworm10
„ operated on for Tonsils and Adenoids432
„ children X-rayed29
„ „ seen by Dr. Corbett—new cases530
„ „ prescribed for672
Total inspections3121