London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Willesden 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 82
Defects Found by Medical Inspection
| Defect or disease | Periodic inspections | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Total —including all other age groups inspected | Special inspections | |||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | |||
| Skin | 13 | 34 | 18 | 30 | 53 | 137 | 198 | 64 | ||
| Eyes | (a) Vision | 21 | 29 | 117 | 71 | 384 | 432 | 44 | 18 | |
| (b) Squint | 13 | 47 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 126 | 4 | 2 | ||
| (c) Other | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 99 | 38 | ||
| Ears | (a) Hearing | 4 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 73 | 24 | 12 | |
| (b) Otitis media | 4 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 84 | 2 | 5 | ||
| (c) Other | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 23 | ||
| Nose and throat | 62 | 262 | 9 | 22 | 146 | 504 | 112 | 29 | ||
| Speech | 32 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 95 | 65 | 6 | ||
| Lymphatic glands | 14 | 88 | — | 12 | 24 | 149 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Heart | 1 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lungs | 4 | 82 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 187 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Developmental | (a) Hernia | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 22 | — | — | |
| (b) Other | 3 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 188 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Orthopaedic | (a) Posture | 7 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 69 | 160 | 3 | 1 | |
| (b) Feet | 9 | 47 | 13 | 22 | 50 | 178 | 2 | 1 | ||
| (c) Other | 14 | 72 | 43 | 33 | 99 | 229 | 36 | 36 | ||
| Nervous system | (a) Epilepsy | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | — | |
| (b) Other | 2 | 9 | — | 5 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Psychological | (a) Development | — | 27 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 105 | 10 | 2 | |
| (b) Stability | 1 | 111 | — | 35 | 5 | 297 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Abdomen | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Other | 162 | 34 | 100 | 24 | 511 | 179 | 838 | 39 | ||
| Totals | 381 | 1,105 | 363 | 370 | 1,564 | 3,368 | 1,556 | 318 | ||
| * (a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation. | ||||||||||