London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS - DEFECTS
Numbers of cases noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspect. (1971 figures in brackets)
| Treatment | Observation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKIN | 6.41 | (7.75) | 6.65 | (7.97) | ||
| EYES | (a) | Vision | 71.65 | (63.90) | 43.41 | (53.83) |
| (b) | Squint | 7.67 | (7.90) | 3.99 | (5.51) | |
| (c) | Other | 1.64 | (1.88) | 1.17 | (1.81) | |
| EARS | (a) | Hearing | 6.88 | (4.93) | 4.62 | (4.56) |
| (b) | Otitis Media | 1.80 | (2.61) | 3.36 | (2.68) | |
| (c) | Other | 1.17 | (1.45) | 1.17 | (0.65) | |
| NOSE AND THROAT | 2.58 | (3.84) | 12.59 | (16.81) | ||
| SPEECH | 4.07 | (3.69) | 5.40 | (5.65) | ||
| LYMPHATIC GLANDS | 0.63 | (0.65) | 9.62 | (11.66) | ||
| HEART | (a) | Congenital | 1.10 | (1.52) | 3.29 | (2.61) |
| (b) | Acquired | 0.63 | (0.80) | 2.19 | (2.75) | |
| LUNGS | (a) | Bronchitis | 0.86 | (1.23) | 1.56 | (1.88) |
| (b) | Asthma | 4.15 | (5.14) | 3.99 | (4.49) | |
| (c) | Other | 0.39 | (0.58) | 2.03 | (2.03) | |
| DEVELOPMENT | (a) | Hernia | 1.17 | (1.38) | 1.96 | (3.33) |
| (b) | Other | 2.97 | (2.17) | 3.05 | (4.49) | |
| ORTHOPAEDIC | (a) | Posture | 0.70 | (0.80) | 3.05 | (3.55) |
| (b) | Feet | 2.58 | (2.54) | 8.21 | (9 78) | |
| (c) | Other | 2.11 | (3.12) | 5.55 | (4.85) | |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM | (a) | Epilepsy | 1.49 | (1.45) | 2.11 | (1.38) |
| (b) | Other | 0.78 | (0.65) | 1.41 | (1.23) | |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL | (a) | Development | 3.60 | (1:96) | 6.26 | (7.97) |
| (b) | Stability | 4.30 | (1.45) | 9.86 | (12.03) | |
| ABDOMEN | 0.47 | (0.65) | 1.49 | (1.52) | ||
| DEBILITY | 0.55 | (2.10) | 1.33 | (3.19) | ||
| ENURESIS | 10.25 | (7.61) | 16.97 | (18.91) | ||
| OBESITY | 3.99 | (4.93) | 6.65 | (11.45) | ||
| OTHER | 3.21 | (2.97) | 1.49 | (2.17) | ||