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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
Bexley 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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PART II.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | A. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | B. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | TOTAL | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observatlon | ||||||
| Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | ||||
| 4. Skin | 20 | 48 | 105 | 103 | 84 | 118 | 209 | 269 | 45 | 12 | |
| 5. Eyes— | |||||||||||
| a. Vision | 59 | 97 | 228 | 49 | 329 | 150 | 616 | 296 | 33 | 21 | |
| b. Squint | 15 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 52 | 49 | 1 | 2 | |
| c. Other | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 19 | 53 | 43 | 6 | 4 | |
| 6. Ears— | |||||||||||
| a. Hearing | 9 | 77 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 108 | 37 | 210 | 23 | 87 | |
| b. Ottis media | 4 | 40 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 56 | 15 | 126 | 3 | 2 | |
| c. Other | 12 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 2 | |
| 7. Nose and Throat | 18 | 227 | 17 | 123 | 24 | 337 | 59 | 687 | 48 | 52 | |
| 8. Speech | 4 | 30 | — | 14 | 4 | 53 | 8 | 97 | 13 | 11 | |
| 9. Lymphatic Glands | 4 | 159 | — | 30 | 2 | 214 | 6 | 403 | — | — | |
| 10. Heart | 1 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 100 | 2 | 25 | |
| 11. Lungs | 4 | 97 | 7 | 65 | 14 | 128 | 25 | 290 | 8 | 36 | |
| 12. Developmental— | |||||||||||
| a. Hernia | 5 | 17 | — | — | 3 | 28 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 1 | |
| b. Other | 1 | 35 | 1 | 11 | to | 56 | 12 | 102 | 5 | 15 | |
| 13. Orthopaedic— | |||||||||||
| a. Posture | 1 | 30 | 11 | 73 | 29 | 133 | 41 | 236 | — | 4 | |
| b. Feet | 11 | 60 | 2 | 46 | 30 | 169 | 43 | 275 | 3 | 6 | |
| c. Other | 7 | 80 | 28 | 172 | 29 | 207 | 64 | 459 | 6 | 22 | |
| 14. Nervous System— | |||||||||||
| a. Epilepsy | — | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 9 | |
| b. Other | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 5 | |
| 15. Psychological— | |||||||||||
| a. Development | — | 10 | — | 14 | 1 | 90 | 1 | 114 | 21 | 87 | |
| b. Stability | 1 | 70 | — | 49 | 8 | 233 | 9 | 352 | 30 | 95 | |
| 16. Abdomen | — | 11 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 10 | 82 | 5 | 13 | |
| 17. Other | 3 | 24 | 8 | 75 | 28 | 101 | 39 | 200 | 45 | 118 | |