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 | 519 |
Debility | 20 |
Uncleanliness:— | |
Head | 65 |
Body | 1 |
Skin:— | |
Ringworm:— | |
Head | — |
Body | — |
Scabies | — |
Impetigo | 16 |
Dermatitis | 2 |
Urticaria | 9 |
Furunculosis | 29 |
Eczema | 13 |
Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 214 |
Eye:— | |
Blepharitis | 28 |
Conjunctivitis | 17 |
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 164 |
Squint | 24 |
Other conditions | 78 |
Ear:— | |
Defective Hearing | 31 |
Otitis Media | 29 |
Other Ear Diseases | 27 |
Nose and Throat:— | |
Chronic Tonsillitis only | 43 |
Adenoids only | 6 |
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 54 |
Nasal Catarrh | 14 |
Nasal Obstruction | 5 |
Other conditions | 32 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 37 |
Defective Speech | 38 |
Teeth—Dental Diseases | 696 |
Heart and Circulation:— | |
Functional | 6 |
Organic | 2 |
Anaemia | 1 |
Infectious Diseases:— | |
Scarlet Fever | — |
German Measles | 1 |
Measles | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 1 |
Chicken Pox | 1 |
Mumps | 1 |
Colds and Coughs | 131 |
Influenza | 1 |
Lungs:— | |
Asthma | 11 |
Bronchitis | 10 |