Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Penge]
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TABLE II.—Return of Defects found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1920.
ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. | SPECIALS. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Defect or Disease. | Number referred for treatment. | Number tequiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. | Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. |
Malnutrition | - | 5 | - | - |
Uncleanliness: Head | 66 | - | 9 | - |
Uncleanliness: Body | 9 | - | 5 | - |
Skin—Ringworm: Head | - | 1 | 14 | - |
Ringworm: Body | - | - | 16 | - |
Scabies | 7 | - | 14 | 3 |
Impetigo | 1 | - | 14 | - |
Other Diseases (Non-Tubercular) | l 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
Eye—Blepharitis | 9 | - | 1 | - |
Conjunctivitis | 2 | - | 5 | - |
Keratitis | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Corneal Ulcer | - | - | - | - |
Corneal Opacities | 3 | - | - | - |
Defective Vision | 102 | - | 12 | - |
Squint | 14 | 1 | 1 | - |
Other Conditions | - | - | 3 | - |
Ear—Defective Hearing | - | 11 | 2 | - |
Otitis Media | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Other Ear Disease | - | 1 | 7 | - |
Nose and Throat—Enlarged Tonsils | 30 | - | 1 | 1 |
Adenoids | 32 | - | 2 | 1 |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 12 | - | 2 | 1 |
Other Conditions | 12 | - | 14 | 6 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | - | 52 | 6 | 2 |
Defective Speech | - | 5 | - | - |
Teeth—Dental Diseases | - | - | 8 | - |
Heart and Circulation— | ||||
Heart Disease: Organic | - | 23 | 1 | 1 |
Heart Disease: Functional | - | 2 | 1 | - |
Anaemia | - | 9 | - | - |
Lungs—Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary : Definite | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
Pulmonary: Suspected | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
Non-Pulmonary:— | ||||
Glands | 3 | 1 | 5 | - |
Spine | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Hip | - | 9 | 2 | - |
Other Bones and Joints | - | - | 1 | - |
Skin | - | - | - | - |
Other Forms | - | 1 | 2 | - |
Nervous System—Epilepsy | 3 | - | 3 | - |
Chorea | - | - | - | - |
Other Conditions | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Deformities—Rickets | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
Spinal Curvature | - | 3 | - | - |
Other Forms | - | - | 13 | - |
Other Defects and Diseases | 3 | 3 | 44 | 8 |
Number of Individual Children having defects which required Treatment or to be kept
under observation—392.