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 Ilford]
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TABLE II.
A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1924.
Defect or Disease | Routine Inspections | Specials | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Defects | Number of Defects | ||||
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 | 2 | _ | 3 | . | |
Uncleanliness— | |||||
Head | 227 | . | 143 | . | |
Body | 8 | . | 4 | . | |
Skin | Ringworm— | ||||
Scalp | — | . | 10 | . | |
Body | — | . | 2 | . | |
Scabies | 2 | - | 3 | . | |
Impetigo | 13 | — | 243 | . | |
Other Diseases (non.Tubercular) | 17 | . | 186 | . | |
Eye | Blepharitis | 12 | . | 64 | . |
Conjunctivitis | 8 | . | 59 | . | |
Keratitis | — | . | 3 | . | |
Corneal Ulcer | . | . | 5 | . | |
Corneal Opacities | — | 2 | . | ||
Defective Vision | 543* | . | 190 | . | |
Squint | 14 | . | 9 | . | |
Other Conditions | 11 | . | 93 | . | |
Ear | 'Defective Hearing | 11 | 2 | 8 | . |
Otitis Media | 8 | 1 | 6 | . | |
Other Ear Diseases | 29 | 3 | 84 | . | |
Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils only | 159 | 9 | 31 | . |
Adenoids only | 151 | 5 | 22 | . | |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 246 | 11 | 34 | . | |
Other Conditions | 29 | 1 | 244 | . | |
Enlarged Cervical Glands Non.Tubercular) | 3 | — | 72 | . | |
Defective Speech | 5 | — | 2 | . | |
Teeth—Dental Diseases | 323 | — | 135 | . | |
Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease— | ||||
Organic | 15 | 4 | 4 | . | |
Functional | 11 | 7 | 2 | . | |
Anaemia | 50 | — | 66 | . | |
Lungs . | Bronchitis | 16 | 1 | 68 | ._ |
Other Non.Tubercular Diseases | 17 | 5 | 59 | _ | |
Tuber. culosis | Pulmonary— | ||||
Definite | — | — | 2 | . | |
Suspected | 18 | 11 | 15 | 8 | |
Non.Pulmonary— | |||||
Glands | 2 | — | 4 | — | |
Spine | — | — | — | — | |
Hip | 1 | — | — | — | |
Other Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | |
Skin | . | — | . | . | |
Other Forms | 1 | — | . | . | |
Nervous System | Epilepsy | 8 | — | 3 | . |
Chorea | 6 | 1 | e | . | |
Other conditions | 1 | — | 12 | — | |
Deformities | Rickets | 1 | — | 3 | . |
Spinal Curvature | 14 | — | 5 | — | |
Other Forms | 20 | — | 2 | -- | |
Other Defects and Diseases | 178 | 1054 | — |
* JO0 of these cases saw § but were suffering from other conditions, rendering refraction advisable