London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table II
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| Disease or defect | Routine inspections— Defects | Special inspections— Defects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring treatment | Requiring observation. | |||||
| Requiring treatment | Requiring observation | |||||
| Elementary schools | Special schools | Elementary schools | Special schools | |||
| Malnutrition | 1,663 | 3 | 663 | 4 | 424 | – |
| Skin—Ringworm, head | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| „ „ body | 22 | – | – | – | 11 | – |
| Scabies | 336 | 1 | 2 | – | 5,432 | 4 |
| Impetigo | 99 | 1 | 4 | – | 518 | 11 |
| Other disease (non-tubercular) | 796 | 5 | 102 | 1 | 735 | 77 |
| Eye— Blepharitis | 562 | 5 | 58 | – | 237 | 37 |
| Conjunctivitis | 100 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 5 |
| Keratitis | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 9 |
| Corneal opacities | 5 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 1 |
| Defective vision, excluding squint | 11,215 | 74 | 5,616 | 58 | 2,656 | 418 |
| Squint | 994 | 4 | 359 | – | 322 | 40 |
| Other conditions | 133 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 215 | 57 |
| Ear— Defective hearing | 153 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 122 | 37 |
| Otitis media | 638 | 11 | 228 | 1 | 389 | 106 |
| Other ear disease or defect | 307 | 3 | 84 | – | 226 | 66 |
| Nose and throat— Chronic tonsillitis | 4,784 | 7 | 5,054 | 9 | 1,120 | 333 |
| Adenoids | 507 | 3 | 183 | – | 156 | 18 |
| Chronic tonsillitis and adenoids | 1,753 | 2 | 559 | 1 | 626 | 36 |
| Other conditions | 579 | 2 | 242 | 1 | 446 | 53 |
| Enlarged cervical glands | 248 | – | 823 | 1 | 108 | 135 |
| Defective speech | 139 | – | 138 | – | 108 | 42 |
| Teeth—Dental disease or defect | 48,563 | 230 | 1,010 | – | 4,170 | 84 |
| Heart and circulation, heart disease— Organic | 30 | – | 47 | 1 | – | – |
| Functional | 18 | – | 78 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Not stated | 165 | 2 | 1,357 | 11 | 149 | 442 |
| Anæmia | 314 | 1 | 207 | – | 182 | 75 |
| Lungs—Bronchitis | 636 | 2 | 668 | 1 | 91 | 34 |
| Other non-tubercular | 304 | 1 | 354 | – | 132 | 81 |
| Tuberculosis— Pulmonary definite | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 |
| „ suspected | 19 | – | 48 | – | 18 | 30 |
| Glands | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 6 |
| Spine | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hip | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – |
| Bones and joints | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Skin | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Other forms | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Nervous—Epilepsy | 30 | – | 15 | – | 30 | 12 |
| Chorea | 50 | – | 38 | – | 123 | 67 |
| Other conditions | 195 | 2 | 146 | – | 103 | 51 |
| Deformities— Rickets | 51 | – | 33 | – | 9 | 1 |
| Spinal curvature | 368 | 5 | 116 | 4 | 52 | 34 |
| Other | 772 | 7 | 402 | 3 | 186 | 94 |
| Other conditions | 2,332 | 19 | 840 | 7 | 2,539 | 960 |
| Total | 78,891 | 398 | 19,602 | 107 | 21,783 | 3,468 |