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Wimbledon 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Ten cases of Ringworm of the Scalp were treated by X-Rays
during the year, three of them being girls and seven boys,
and in each case the whole head had to be treated, and the
results were satisfactory. The majority of these cases had had
prolonged treatment by other methods before they would have X-Rays treatment.

The following is a summary of these cases:—

No.Excluded.X-Rayed.Returned to School.Period of Exclusion.Time between X-Rays and return to School.
Weeks.Weeks.
19.1.1211.1.133.5.136916
29 1.1216.1.133.5.136916
311.1.1211.1.133.5.136916
47.11.126.1.135.7.133426
510.1.1316.2.1319.7.132722
625.4.1213.3.1328.8.136924
725.4.1213.3.1328.8.136924
830.1.1325.5.135.1.144931
98.5.1327.7.1320.11.132816
1010.7.1328.9.13

Case No. 8 was first seen on January 30th, 1913, when
applying for admission to school as an "entrant," but had had
Ringworm for three years previous to this date.
Since the commencement of X-Ray treatment in 1911 there
has not been a recurrence found in any of the cases.
The work at the Inspection Clinic clue to the increased
amount of following up and re-examination has necessitated
the addition of another half-day to this work, and this additional
half-day has been devoted chiefly to skin diseases, so
that now the whole of Thursday, and Friday morning, are
devoted to this part of the work.

The following is a summary of the cases seen during the past four years.

1910.1911.1912.1913.
Number of children seen3265389741319
Number of attendances made558157425693681
Average attendance on each Inspection day34.847.759.773.6

During the winter we have had another outbreak of
Impetigo. The amount of School Attendance lost through
97