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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 65
Defects Found by Medical Inspection
| * | Periodic inspections | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | Special inspections | ||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | |
| Skin | 9 | 96 | 46 | 138 | 47 | 154 | 102 | 388 | 11 | 129 |
| Eyes (a) Vision | 31 | 36 | 133 | 215 | 263 | 344 | 427 | 595 | 19 | 30 |
| (b) Squint | 20 | 32 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 36 | 86 | - | 7 |
| (c) Other | 4 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 81 | 3 | 21 |
| Ears (a) Hearing | 14 | 102 | 17 | 46 | 31 | 94 | 62 | 242 | 21 | 55 |
| (b) Otitis media | 6 | 73 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 133 | - | 2 |
| (c) Other | 15 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 80 | - | 11 |
| Nose and throat | 32 | 374 | 10 | 35 | 19 | 206 | 61 | 615 | 12 | 34 |
| Speech | 46 | 49 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 78 | 97 | 14 | 38 |
| Lymphatic glands | — | 181 | - | 10 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 268 | - | 2 |
| Heart | 6 | 59 | - | 26 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 120 | 1 | 4 |
| Lungs | 4 | 120 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 80 | 11 | 230 | 1 | 16 |
| Developmental (a) Hernia | 8 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 46 | - | - |
| (b) Other | 4 | 84 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 115 | 11 | 222 | - | 14 |
| Orthopaedic (a) Posture | 8 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 54 | 59 | 105 | 145 | 1 | 15 |
| (b) Feet | 16 | 68 | 26 | 57 | 34 | 85 | 76 | 210 | 4 | 21 |
| (c) Other | 10 | 67 | 12 | 81 | 19 | 92 | 41 | 240 | 1 | 19 |
| Nervous system (a) Epilepsy | — | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 29 | - | - |
| (b) Other | - | 13 | - | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 25 |
| Psychological (a) Development | 2 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 58 | 5 | 109 | - | 26 |
| (b) Stability | 4 | 279 | 1 | 178 | - | 337 | 5 | 794 | 9 | 35 |
| Abdomen | — | 20 | - | 16 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 70 | - | - |
| Other | 197 | 57 | 43 | 38 | 257 | 97 | 497 | 192 | 04 | 139 |
| Totals 1962 | 436 | 1,887 | 362 | 1,050 | 815 | 2,089 | 1,613 | 5,026 | 162 | 643 |
| 1961 | 366 | 1,399 | 424 | 887 | 870 | 2,054 | 1,660 | 4,340 | 262 | 493 |
*(a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation.