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Tottenham 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Table: This Table relates to all Children inspected by the School Medical Staff.Table IV. TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN DURING 1919.

This Table relates to all Children inspected by the School Medical Staff.

Table IV. TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF CHILDREN DURING 1919.

Condition.No. of defects for which treatment was considered necessaryNo. of defects for which no report is availableNo. of defects treatedResults of Treatment.No. of defects not treatedPercentage of defects treated
From Previous YearNewTotalRemediedImprovedUnchanged
Cleanliness of Head...27,03327,033...27,033See Note a.......
Cleanliness of Body...7676...76...See Note b.......
Nutrition448522505396...96.1
Nose and Throat4321,4651,897...1,1121,112......78558.6
External Eye Disease...350350...350See Note c.100.0
Ear Disease60205265...265...265See Note d.100.0
Teeth...See Dental Clinic report..................
Heart and Circulation18971158107175021...93.0
Lungs3814017891694010128...94.9
Nervous System135770664243010...90.1
Skin1182,3762,494...2,494...See Note e....100.0
Rickets279...9...72...100.0
Deformities12536565914513...90.7
Tuberculosis (non-pulmonary)1629457381316...84.4
Speech12312......2...66.6
Mental Condition..............................
Vision and Squint2121,2971,509...1,250See Note f.25982.1
Miscellaneous394214602083632751See Note e....

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NOTES:—a. This number includes children suffering both from vermin amongst the
hair or nits in the hair. No cases are lost sight of until a complete remedy has
been effected, but at any precise date, e.g. 31st December, 1919. it would be impossible
to say with any degree of precision the number remedied, improved or
unchanged.
b. This number relates not merely to a dirty condition of the body, but to verminous
conditions also. No children suffering from verminous condition of the body
are permitted to return to school, and all cases are kept under observation until
a complete remedy has been effected.
c. Practically every case is cured.
d. Most of these children suffer from Otorrhœa. They have their ears tyringed
three times a week with a solution of perchloride of mercury, and peroxide of
hydrogen and spirit instilled. All who come under the treatment are improved,
but we are not prepared to say they are remedied until a very long period
indeed has elapsed, consequently, the numbers are put down as improved only.
e. 278 Cases of skin disease and 58 miscellaneous ailments are still under treatment
at Clinic.
f. Glasses were provided in 1,074 instances. In 176 cases the Ophthalmic Surgeon
did not consider that glasses were necessary.