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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
Croydon 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART 2
TABLE A. RETURN OP DEFECTS POUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||||
| Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | ||
| (l) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| 4 | SKIN | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 11 |
| 5 | BYES - | ||||||||
| 97 | 37 | 129 | 13 | 254 | 81 | 480 | 131 | ||
| 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 6 | EARS - | ||||||||
| 5 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 32 | ||
| (b) Otitis Media | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | NOSE AND THROAT | 72 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 45 | 120 | 116 |
| 8 | SPEECH | 18 | 16 | 2 | - | 10 | 7 | 30 | 23 |
| 9 | LYMPHATIC GLANDS | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 8 |
| 10 | HEART | 6 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 26 | 55 |
| 11 | LUNGS | 8 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 33 | 29 | 82 |
| 12 | DEVELOPMENTAL | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 20 | 48 | ||
| 13 | ORTHOPAEDIC - | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 60 | 11 | 78 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 52 | 68 | 87 | ||
| 19 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 70 | 85 | ||
| 14 | NERVOUS SYSTEM - | ||||||||
| 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
| - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 15 | PSYCHOLOGICAL- | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 2 | - | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | ||
| 16 | ABDOMEN | - | - | - | - | 1 | . | 1 | - |
| 17 | OTHER | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 49 | 30 |