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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 64
Defects Found by Medical Inspection
| * | Periodic inspections | Special inspections | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | |||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | |||||
| Skin | 15 | 73 | 56 | 76 | 53 | 109 | 124 | 258 | 5 | 156 | ||||
| Eyes | (a) Vision | 12 | 20 | 110 | 168 | 240 | 341 | 362 | 529 | 20 | 21 | |||
| (b) Squint (c) Other | 10 | 32 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 23 | 89 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 11 | 67 | — | 27 | |||||
| Ears | (a) Hearing | 15 | 96 | 42 | 38 | 55 | 84 | 112 | 218 | 9 | 31 | |||
| (b) Otitis media | 8 | 73 | — | 11 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 124 | — | 1 | ||||
| (c) Other | 8 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 65 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Nose and throat | 34 | 409 | 8 | 41 | 22 | 245 | 64 | 695 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| Speech | 46 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 70 | 88 | 14 | 39 | ||||
| Lymphatic glands | 9 | 247 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 125 | 11 | 377 | — | 8 | ||||
| Heart | — | 47 | — | 17 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 96 | — | 4 | ||||
| Lungs | 8 | 110 | — | 22 | 2 | 57 | 10 | 189 | — | 22 | ||||
| Developmental | (a) | Hernia | 5 | 24 | — | 4 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 49 | — | 5 | ||
| (b) | Other | 2 | 100 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 135 | 7 | 245 | — | 5 | |||
| Orthopaedic | (a) | Posture | 12 | 35 | 31 | 60 | 32 | 69 | 75 | 164 | 1 | 14 | ||
| (b) | Feet | 30 | 76 | 55 | 36 | 47 | 103 | 132 | 215 | 2 | 15 | |||
| (c) | Other | 8 | 57 | 9 | 62 | 19 | 73 | 36 | 192 | 1 | 29 | |||
| Nervous system | (a) | Epilepsy | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 5 | ||
| (b) | Other | — | 5 | — | 6 | — | 10 | — | 21 | — | 4 | |||
| Psychological | (a) | Development | 6 | 38 | — | 12 | 2 | 66 | 8 | 116 | 8 | 33 | ||
| (b) | Stability | 2 | 283 | 1 | 118 | 8 | 397 | 11 | 798 | 8 | 39 | |||
| Abdomen Other | - | 20 | _ | 13 | _ | 27 | _ | 60 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| 294 | 33 | 60 | 35 | 294 | 169 | 648 | 237 | 51 | 68 | |||||
| Totals | 1963 | 525 | 1,884 | 388 | 788 | 838 | 2,247 | 1,751 | 4,919 | 136 | 582 | |||
| 1962 | 436 | 1,887 | 362 | 1,050 | 815 | 2,089 | 1,613 | 5,026 | 162 | 643 | ||||
* (a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation.