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 the conditions dealt with at both the Clinics during the year:—
Subnormal Nutrition | 639 |
Debility | 34 |
Uncleanliness:- | |
Head | 209 |
Body | 1 |
Skin:— | |
Ringworm:— | |
Head | 1 |
Body | 1 |
Scabies | 19 |
Impetigo | 73 |
Dermatitis | 14 |
Urticaria | 27 |
Furunculosis | 54 |
Eczema | 32 |
Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 303 |
Eye:— | |
Blepharitis | 42 |
Conjunctivitis | 40 |
Keratitis | 1 |
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 213 |
Squint | 27 |
Other conditions | 63 |
Ear:— | |
Defective Hearing | 45 |
Otitis Media | 29 |
Other Ear Diseases | 201 |
Nose and Throat:— | |
Chronic Tonsillitis only | 45 |
Adenoids only | 15 |
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 87 |
Nasal Catarrh | 73 |
Sore Throat | 6 |
Nasal Obstruction | 45 |
Other conditions | 89 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 43 |
Defective Speech | 21 |
Teeth—Dental Diseases | 407 |
Heart and Circulation:— | |
Functional | 10 |
Organic | 2 |
Anaemia | 51 |
Infectious Diseases:— | |
German Measles | 6 |
Measles | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 12 |
Chicken Pox | 6 |
Mumps | 8 |
Colds and Coughs | 210 |
Influenza | 2 |
Lungs:— | |
Asthma | 34 |
Bronchitis | 72 |
Pulmonary Catarrh | 32 |
Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | 10 |
Tuberculosis:— | |
Pulmonary—Definite | — |
—Suspected (Referred to T.B. Officer) | 21 |