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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of physical defects found at routine school medical inspection in Ilford for the past three years with that in the country generally, as arrived at by the Board of Education in 1929 :-
| Defects. | Board of Education Average. | Ilford. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence-Rate per 1000. 1929. | Incidence-Rate per 1000. | |||
| 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | ||
| Defects of Vision | 86.21 | 74.6 | 66.8 | 81.4* |
| Squint | 8.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Other Eye Diseases | 8.6 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| Defects of Hearing | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.l | 3.2 |
| Otitis Media | 5 -3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 66.8 | 66.8 | 51.4 | 29.7 |
| Other Throat and Nose Defects | 6.8 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 4.1 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis : | ||||
| .3 | - | - | - | |
| (b) Suspected | .9 | .9 | .6 | .3 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | .8 | .5 | 1.2 | .2 |
| Deformities | 9.7 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Nervous Diseases | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
* In calculating this figure the entrants have been left out of account.
The following table compares the principal causes of death
among children of school age (i.e., from 5 to 15 years) and at all
ages in England and Wales with those in Ilford for 1929 and 1928.