[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham].

  • Twickenham (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1915
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    22 TABLE VIII. Treatment of defects of children during 1914. Conditions. Defects requiring treatment. Defects treated. Defects untreated. Per centage treated. From 1913. New cases. Total. Left dis trict, re fused or improved. Carr. for. to 1915. Total. Cleanliness of head and body - 30 30 28 - 2 2 93.3 Nose and throat 36 110 146 122 11 13 24 83.5 Ear diseases 1 5 6 6 - - - 100.0 Hearing - 4 4 3 - 1 1 75.0 Exteral eye disease - 5 5 5 - - - 100.0 Vision and squint 27 129 115 115 20 20 40 73.7 Lungs - 5 5 5 - - - 100.0 Tubercu¬ losis pul. - 2 2 2 - - - 100.0 Non-pul. - 5 5 4 1 - 1 80.0 Heart - 1 1 - 1 - 1 0.0 Nervous system 2 12 14 11 3 - 3 78.5 Skin 3 37 40 40 - - - 100.0 Deformities 2 1 3 2 1 - 1 60.6 Other 4 50 54 41 7 7 14 75.9 Total 75 396 471 384 44 43 87 81.5 Recommendations in reference to carious teeth are not included in the above table of cases recommended for treatment, being dealt with separately in the table of work carried out by the school dental surgeon, nor does it include the cases of minor ailment treated by the school nurse at Radnor House in which efficient treatment was carried out in every case.
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