Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 39. —Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix g of Annual
Report of Chief Medical Officer of Board of Education for 1916.
Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1917.
Defect or Disease. | Code Groups. | Specials. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring 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. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Malnutrition | 16 | 3 | 23 | 9 | |
Uncleanliness: | |||||
Mead | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Body | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Skin | Ringworm : | ||||
Head | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scabies | 7 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
Impetigo | 9 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
Other Disease | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Eye | Defective Vision and Squint | 168 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
External Eye Disease ... | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
Ear | Defective Hearing | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Ear Disease | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Teeth Nose and Throat | Dental Disease. | 94 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
Enlarged Tonsils | 142 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Adenoids | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1 | |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Heart and Circulation | Defective Speech | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Heart Disease : | |||||
Organic | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Functional | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Anaemia ... | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
Lungs | Pulmonary Tuberculosis : | ||||
Definite | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Suspected | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
Chronic Bronchitis | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Other Disease . | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
Nervous System | Epilepsy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Chorea | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
Other Disease | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis : | |||||
Glands | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Bones and Joints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other Forms | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Rickets | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Deformities | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Other Defects or Diseases | 13 | 2 | 12 | 5 | |
Total | 682 | 66 | 204 | 34 |