Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |