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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

Hornsey 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 2—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1921.

TABLE 2—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1921.

RoutineInspectionsSpecials
Defect or Disease.Number referred for Treatment.Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for Treatment.N umber referred for Treatment.Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for Treatment.
Malnutrition219271
Uncleanliness, head171—2—
„ body3———
SkinRingworm, head2—41—
body——21—
Scabies10—43—
Impetigo——254—
Other Diseases (non-Tubercular)201189—
EyeBlepharitis22—46—
Conjunctivitis3—53—
Keratitis——1—
Corneal Ulcer——3—
Corneal Opacities2———
Defective Vision2061121—
Squint44217—
other Conditions2—33—
EarDefective Hearing34124—
Otitis Media36395—
Other Ear Diseases18152—
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils8587612
Adenoids14524—
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids791445
other Conditions——1168
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-Tubercular)9574263
Defective Speech19——
Teeth: Dental Diseases234—23—
Heart and Circula- tionHeart Disease : Organic—5—6
Functional173410
Anæntia—31639
LungsBronchitis—236—
Other non-Tubercular Disease24384
Tuber culosisPulmonary : Definite7———
Suspected—4146
Non-Pulmonary: Glands44—2
Spine————
Hip—1——
Other Bones and Joints—1——
Skin————
Other Forms21——
Nervous SystemEpilepsy—3—2
Chorea—2142
other Conditions—2105
DeformitiesRickets—6——
Spinal Curvature—121
Other Forms52221
OtherDefects and Disease141431712
Number of Individual Children having defects which required treatment or to be kept under observation2,584