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 31st DECEMBER, 1928.
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. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Malnutrition | - | 238 | - | - | |
Uncleanliness (See Table IV, Group V). | 58 | - | - | - | |
Skin | Ringworm, scalp | - | - | l | - |
„ body | - | - | 3 | - | |
Scabies | - | - | 14 | - | |
Impetigo | 1 | - | 50 | - | |
Other Diseases (Non-tuberculous) | 3 | 3 | 38 | 1 | |
Eye | Blepharitis | 2 | - | 8 | - |
Conjunctivitis | - | - | 15 | - | |
Keratitis | - | - | 2 | - | |
Corneal Opacities | - | - | - | - | |
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 131 | - | 100 | - | |
Squint | 12 | - | 33 | - | |
Other Conditions | 20 | 1 | 57 | - | |
Ear | Defective Hearing | 9 | 6 | 2 | - |
Otitis Media | 10 | 1 | 30 | —_ | |
Other Ear Diseases | 1 | 2 | 19 | ||
Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils only | 39 | 252 | 92 | 16 |
Adenoids only | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 9 | 9 | 61 | - | |
Other Conditions | 3 | 1 | 35 | - | |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-tuberculous) | - | 193 | 24 | - | |
Defective Speech | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
Teeth— Dental Diseases (See Table IV., Group IV.) | 711 | - | 8 | - | |
Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease: | ||||
Organic | - | 10 | 2 | - | |
Functional | - | 23 | 5 | - | |
Anæmia | - | 1 | 110 | - | |
Lungs | Bronchitis | - | 40 | 21 | - |
Other Non-tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | |
Tuber culosis | Pulmonary: | ||||
Definite | - | - | - | - | |
Suspected | - | 3 | 2 | - | |
Non-Pulmonary: | |||||
Glands | - | - | - | - | |
Spine | - | - | - | - | |
Hip | - | - | - | - | |
Other Bones and Joints | - | - | - | - | |
Skin | 1 | - | - | - | |
Other forms | - | - | - | - | |
Nervous System | Epilepsy | _ | _ | _ | |
Chorea | - | - | 4 | - | |
Other conditions | - | 1 | 9 | - | |
Deformities | Rickets | - | - | - | - |
Spinal Curvature | 1 | 13 | - | - | |
Other Forms | - | 3 | 3 | - | |
Other Defects and Disease | 14 | 63 | 403 | - |