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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The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of
physical defects found at routine school medical inspection in
Ilford in 1935 with that in the country generally, as arrived at by
the Board of Education.
TABLE A.
Defect. | Incidence of Defects per 1,000 requiring Treatment. 1935. | Incidence of Defects per 1,000 under Observation. 1935. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
board of education. | ilford. | board of education. | ilford. | |
Skin Diseases | 9.5 | 7.75 | 2.1 | 5.87 |
Defects of Vision | * 81.7 | * 73.1 | * 40.4 | * 21.2 |
Squint | 7.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 1.47 |
Other Eye Diseases | 7.3 | 5.07 | 2.3 | 6.3 |
Defects of Hearing | 2.8 | 1.87 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
Otitis Media | 4.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.07 |
Chronic Tonsillitis | 19.9 | 3.6 | 48.3 | 39.03 |
Adenoids | 2.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 19.9 | 4.0 | 12.6 | 8.0 |
Other Defects Nose & Throat | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.07 |
Defects of Speech | 1.1 | 0.67 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
Organic Heart Disease | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Pulmonary T.B.— | ||||
(a) Definite | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — |
0.4 | — | 0.6 | — | |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 0.6 | — | 0.8 | 5.34 |
Epilepsy | 0.2 | — | 0.4 | 0.26 |
Chorea | 0.5 | 0.26 | 0.5 | 1.33 |
Other Nervous Conditions . . | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
Deformities— | ||||
Rickets | 1.4 | 0.26 | 2.8 | 5.34 |
Spinal | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
Other Forms | 8.0 | 39.2 | 7.6 | 10.0 |
• In calculating this figure, the entrants have been left out of account.