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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
Heston and Isleworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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The following table gives a statement of the diseases from which these children suffered, the number excluded on account of these diseases, the number advised to seek medical aid and the number who obtained medical aid:—
| DISEASES. | No. examined. | No. of times seen. | No. excluded. | No. excluded in which period of exclusion known definitely. | Total No. of attendances lost by cases excluded for known period. | No. advised to obtain medical aid. | No. obtaining medical aid. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitty and verminous conditions | 172 | 581 | 146 | 141 | 5660 | ||
| Skin diseases | 111 | 279 | 97 | 64 | 5960 | 97 | 13 |
| Diseases of eyes including defective vision | 62 | 83 | 10 | 6 | 370 | 24 | 15 |
| Diseases of nose, throat and ear | 58 | 88 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 58 | 6 |
| Diseases of the heart and circulation, rheumatism and St. Vitus' Dance | 30 | 51 | 10 | 9 | 730 | 10 | 3 |
| Diseases of the lungs excluding phthisis | 23 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 160 | 15 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 23 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 910 | 8 | |
| Infectious diseases | 20 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 70 | 20 | 1 |
| Defective and epileptic children | 14 | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Diseases of the mouth | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Defective clothing and footgear | 10 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Injury | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | |
| Diseases of the abdomen | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 1 | |
| Defects of speech | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Diseases of urinary and generative systems | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| Dirty conditions of person | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Malnutrition | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Other diseases | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 140 | 6 | 2 |
| Nil | 54 | 54 | |||||
| Total | 633 | 1335 | 331 | 244 | 14321 | 246 | 44 |