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 . 52.—Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix F of Annual Report of Chief Medical
Officer of Board of Education for 1917.
Return of Defects found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1919.
Defect or Disease. (1) | Code Groups. | Specials. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number referred for treatment. (2) | Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. (3) | Number referred for treatment. (4) | Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. (5) | ||
Malnutrition | - | - | 36 | - | |
Uncleanliness:— | |||||
Head | - | - | 677 | - | |
Body | - | - | 22 | - | |
Skin | "Ringworm | ||||
Head | - | - | 300 | - | |
Body | |||||
Scabies | - | - | 515 | - | |
Impetigo | - | - | 1,212 | - | |
Other Disease | - | - | 449 | - | |
Eye | "Defective Vision and Squint | - | - | 1,030 | - |
External Eye Disease | - | - | 382 | - | |
Ear | Defective Hearing Ear Disease f | - | - | 501 | - |
Teeth | Dental Disease (SeeN.B.(2) below) | - | - | — | - |
Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils | - | - | 287 | - |
Adenoids | - | - | 190 | - | |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | - | - | 297 | - | |
Defective Speech | - | 1 | - | ||
Heart and Circulation | "Heart Disease: Organic | - | - | 17 | - |
Functional | - | - | 14 | - | |
Anaemia | - | - | |||
"Pulmonary | - | - | |||
Lungs | Tuberculosis | - | |||
Definite | - | - | 6 | - | |
Suspected | - | - | 68 | - | |
Chronic Bronchitis | - | - | 240 | - | |
Other Disease | - | - | 54 | - | |
Nervous System | 'Epilepsy | - | - | 17 | - |
Chorea | - | - | 62 | - | |
Other Disease | - | - | 29 | - | |
N on-Pulmonary | - | ||||
Tuberculosis: | - | ||||
Glands | - | - | 6 | - | |
Bones and Joints | - | - | 1 | - | |
Other Forms | - | - | 2 | - | |
Rickets | - | - | 7 | - | |
Deformities | - | - | 36 | - | |
Other Defects or | - | ||||
Diseases | - | - | 4,840 | - | |
Total | - | - | 11,375 | - |
Notes.—(1) In this area the routine medical inspection of the groups of children prescribed by
the Code is temporarily suspended, and the examination of ailing children of all ages is undertaken
instead.