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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 1923

[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 OFMEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1923.

TABLE 2.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF

MEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1923.

Defect or Disease.Routine InspectionsSpecials
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.
Malnutrition214851
Uncleanliness, head132———
body34—_—
SkinRingworm, head——20—
,, body——24—
Scabies3—32—
Impetigo1—233—
Other Diseases(non-Tuberculous)4—72—
EyeBlepharitis1—25—
Conjunctivitis2—26—
Keratitis——2—
Corneal Ulcer——_—
Corneal Opacities_1—
Defective Vision160—100—
Squint10—23—
Other Conditions——6—
EarDefective Hearing11215—
Otitis Media7—85—
Other Ear Diseases3—161
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils5015715
Adenoids2—6—
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids12131—
Other Conditions——4117
Enlarged Cervical Glands
(non-Tuberculous)7131312
Defective Speech2———
Teeth: Dental Diseases136—13—
Heart and CirculationHeart Disease:
Organic—5——
Functional—37—17
Anaemia—12331
LungsBronchitis141211
Other non-Tuberculous Disease—558
Tuber-, culosisPulmonary:
Definite1———
Suspected2—_4
Non-Pulmonary:
Glands___—
Spine——_—
Hip————
Other Bones and Joints————
Skin————
Other Forms—8——
Nervous SystemEpilepsy—4—2
Chorea——16
Other Conditions————
DeformitiesRickets—__—
Spinal Curvature11——
Other Forms—21—
Other Defects and Disease31523047
Number of Individual Children having defects which required treatment or to be kept under observation1,626