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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE 2.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1922
| Defect or Disease. | Routine | Inspections] | Specials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number referred for Treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for Treatment. | Number referred for Treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for Treatment. | ||||
| Malnutrition | 14 | 122 | 20 | 6 | |||
| Uncleanliness, head | 173 | – | 2 | – | |||
| „ body | – | – | – | – | |||
| Skin | Ringworm, head | 1 | – | 29 | – | ||
| ,, body | 1 | – | 9 | – | |||
| Scabies | 3 | – | 38 | – | |||
| Impetigo | 3 | – | 231 | – | |||
| Other Diseases (non-Tuberculous) | 7 | 1 | 164 | 2 | |||
| Eye | Blepharitis | 7 | – | 24 | – | ||
| Conjunctivitis | 1 | – | 37 | – | |||
| Keratitis | 1 | – | 2 | – | |||
| Corneal Ulcer | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| Corneal Opacities | 3 | – | 3 | – | |||
| Defective Vision | 195 | 5 | 103 | – | |||
| Squint | 40 | 4 | 16 | – | |||
| Other Conditions | 2 | – | 24 | – | |||
| Ear | Defective Hearing | 25 | 4 | 15 | – | ||
| Otitis Media | 16 | 1 | 78 | – | |||
| Other Ear Diseases | 2 | 1 | 27 | – | |||
| Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils | 80 | 45 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Adenoids | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 44 | 7 | 41 | 2 | |||
| Other Conditions | 11 | 2 | 64 | 9 | |||
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-Tuberculous) | 105 | 38 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Defective Speech | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | |||
| Teeth: Dental Diseases | 305 | – | 15 | – | |||
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease: Organic | 3 | 7 | – | 1 | ||
| Functional | 1 | 38 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Anæmia | 4 | 14 | 41 | 67 | |||
| Lungs | Bronchitis - | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Other non-Tuberculous Disease | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary: Definite | 4 | – | 4 | – | ||
| Suspected | 6 | 29 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary: Glands | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | |||
| Spine | – | – | – | – | |||
| Hip | – | – | – | – | |||
| Other Bones and Joints | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Skin | – | – | – | – | |||
| Other Forms | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Nervous System | Epilepsy | – | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Chorea | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |||
| Other Conditions | – | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Deformities | Rickets | – | 7 | – | – | ||
| Spinal Curvature | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Other Forms | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Other Defects and Disease | 14 | 13 | 278 | 31 | |||
| Number of Individual Children having defects which required treatment or to be kept under observation | 2,120 | ||||||