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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
Enfield 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| ENLARGED CERVICAL | ||||
| GLANDS (Non-Tuberculous) | - | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| DEFECTIVE SPEECH | 1 | 8 | — | 29 |
| HEART AND CIRCULATION. | ||||
| Heart Disease Organic | 2 | 17 | 6 | 53 |
| Functional | — | 2 | — | 8 |
| Anaemia | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| LUNGS | ||||
| Bronchitis | — | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| TUBERCULOSIS. | ||||
| Pulmonary Definite | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Suspected | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Non-Pulmonary | ||||
| Glands | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Bones and Joints | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Skin | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Other Forms | — | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 2 | — | 9 | 2 |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM. | ||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | - | 6 | 5 |
| Chorea | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Other Conditions | — | — | 6 | 7 |
| DEFORMITIES. | ||||
| Rickets | — | — | —' | — |
| Spinal Curvature | 1 | — | 5 | 3 |
| Other Forms | 12 | 4 | 29 | 25 |
| OTHER DEFECTS AND DISEASES | 100 | 42 | 1453 | 414 |
| (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | ||||
| Total Number of Defects.. | 845 | 547 | 3224 | 1277 |