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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
Bethnal Green 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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It will be seen that Bethnal Green children do not
differ materially from the London average.
The conditions which were discovered upon medical inspection are shown in the following- table, the defects serious enough to require treatment being shown in the second column:
| Condition | Cases of defect. | Cases requiring treatment. |
|---|---|---|
| Defects of Nutrition | 153 | 140 |
| Skin disease | 99 | 55 |
| Defective teeth | 820 | 742 |
| Enlarged tonsils | 304 | 110 |
| Adenoids | 25 | 15 |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 57 | 37 |
| Other nose and throat defects | 31 | 19 |
| Enlarged glands | 56 | 13 |
| Eye disease | 90 | 53 |
| Vision defect | 449 | 257 |
| Otorrhoea | 13 | 6 |
| Other ear disease | 27 | 20 |
| Defective hearing | 31 | 2 |
| Speech defects | 8 | 4 |
| Heart defects | 31 | 4 |
| Anaemia | 4 | 3 |
| Lung defects (not T.B.) | 64 | 20 |
| Nervous defects | 45 | 24 |
| Spinal deformities | 6 | 8 |
| Other deformities | 127 | 80 |
| Rheumatism | 17 | 10 |
| Other defects | 36 | 23 |