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 II.
(A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 81st DECEMBER, 1926.
Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No of Defects. | ||||
Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under-observation but not requiring treatment. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. | ||
(l) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Malnutrition | – | 194 | – | – | |
Uncleanliness | 141 | – | – | – | |
(See Table IV. Group V). | |||||
Skin | Ringworm, scalp | 3 | - | 6 | - |
body | - | - | 11 | - | |
Scabies | 2 | - | 10 | – | |
Impetigo | 1 | – | 60 | – | |
Other Diseases (non-Tuberculous) | 3 | 1 | 101 | - | |
Eye | Blepharitis | 7 | – | 19 | – |
Conjunctivitis | 3 | - | 13 | - | |
Keratitis | – | - | 1 | - | |
Corneal Opacities | - | - | - | - | |
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 165 | - | 109 | – | |
Squint | 9 | - | 37 | - | |
Other Conditions | 23 | 1 | 72 | - | |
Ear | Defective Hearing | 10 | 6 | 16 | - |
Otitis Media - | 15 | 6 | 59 | - | |
Other Ear Diseases - | 2 | 1 | 30 | - | |
Nose and Throat | / Enlarged Tonsils only | 54 | 197 | 51 | 2 |
Adenoids only - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
i Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 28 | 2 | 32 | - | |
I Other Conditions | 2 | 5 | 81 | – | |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 1 | 211 | 26 | – | |
Defective Speech | - | 8 | – | – | |
Teeth--Dental Diseases | 652 | – | 45 | ||
(See Table IV., Group IV.)– | |||||
Heart and Circula tion | I Heart Disease : | ||||
Organic | - | 5 | - | 1 | |
Functional | - | 37 | - | 3 | |
Anaemia | - | 4 | 96 | – | |
Lungs | Bronchitis | 1 | 41 | 68 | – |
Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | - | 1 | 5 | – | |
Tube culosis | Pulmonary | ||||
Definite | – | - | – | ||
Suspected | 2 | 7 | - | ||
Non-Pulmonary: | |||||
Glands | - | - | - | – | |
Spine | - | - | – | ||
Hip | - | - | - | ||
Other Bones and Joints | – | - | - | - | |
Skin | – | - | - | - | |
Other forms | – | - | - | - | |
Nervous Systen | Epilepsy | 5 | - | - | |
Chorea | – | 1 | 4 | - | |
Other conditions | – | 1 | 24 | – | |
Defornities | Rickets | – | - | 1 | – |
Spinal Curvature | – | 4 | – | ||
Other Forms | – | 2 | 1 | – | |
Other Defects and Disease | 4 | 34 | 589 | – |