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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
Ilford 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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It will be seen that on the whole Ilford is fairly comparable with the country in general:—
| Defects | Board of Education Average. | Ilford. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence-Rate per 1000. | Incidence-Rate per 1000. | |||
| 1928. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | |
| *Defects of Vision | 86.8 | 68.1 | 74.6 | 66.8 |
| Squint | 8.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| Other Eye Diseases | 8.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 6.8 |
| Defects of Hearing | 4.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| Otitis Media | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 63.0 | 60.8 | 66.8 | 51.4 |
| Other Throat and Nose Defects | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 8.6 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | ||||
| (a) Definite .. | .3 | — | — | — |
| (6) Suspected.. | 1.1 | 1.4 | .9 | .6 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.. | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | 1.2 |
| Deformities | 9.0 | 5.2 | 10.1 | 8.6 |
| Nervous Diseases | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
* In calculating this figure the entrants have been left out of account.