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 1923.
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 | 2 | 148 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Uncleanliness, head | 132 | — | — | — | ||||
body | 34 | — | _ | — | ||||
Skin | Ringworm, head | — | — | 20 | — | |||
,, body | — | — | 24 | — | ||||
Scabies | 3 | — | 32 | — | ||||
Impetigo | 1 | — | 233 | — | ||||
Other Diseases(non-Tuberculous) | 4 | — | 72 | — | ||||
Eye | Blepharitis | 1 | — | 25 | — | |||
Conjunctivitis | 2 | — | 26 | — | ||||
Keratitis | — | — | 2 | — | ||||
Corneal Ulcer | — | — | _ | — | ||||
Corneal Opacities | _ | 1 | — | |||||
Defective Vision | 160 | — | 100 | — | ||||
Squint | 10 | — | 23 | — | ||||
Other Conditions | — | — | 6 | — | ||||
Ear | Defective Hearing | 11 | 2 | 15 | — | |||
Otitis Media | 7 | — | 85 | — | ||||
Other Ear Diseases | 3 | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils | 50 | 15 | 71 | 5 | |||
Adenoids | 2 | — | 6 | — | ||||
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 12 | 1 | 31 | — | ||||
Other Conditions | — | — | 41 | 17 | ||||
Enlarged Cervical Glands | ||||||||
(non-Tuberculous) | 71 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
Defective Speech | 2 | — | — | — | ||||
Teeth: Dental Diseases | 136 | — | 13 | — | ||||
Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease: | |||||||
Organic | — | 5 | — | — | ||||
Functional | — | 37 | — | 17 | ||||
Anaemia | — | 1 | 23 | 31 | ||||
Lungs | Bronchitis | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
Other non-Tuberculous Disease | — | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||
Tuber-, culosis | Pulmonary: | |||||||
Definite | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
Suspected | 2 | — | _ | 4 | ||||
Non-Pulmonary: | ||||||||
Glands | _ | _ | _ | — | ||||
Spine | — | — | _ | — | ||||
Hip | — | — | — | — | ||||
Other Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | ||||
Skin | — | — | — | — | ||||
Other Forms | — | 8 | — | — | ||||
Nervous System | Epilepsy | — | 4 | — | 2 | |||
Chorea | — | — | 1 | 6 | ||||
Other Conditions | — | — | — | — | ||||
Deformities | Rickets | — | _ | _ | — | |||
Spinal Curvature | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
Other Forms | — | 2 | 1 | — | ||||
Other Defects and Disease | 3 | 15 | 230 | 47 | ||||
Number of Individual Children having defects which required treatment or to be kept under observation | 1,626 |