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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

Barking 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: TABLE II. (A).—continued.

TABLE II. (A).—continued.

Defect or DiseaseRoutine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
No. of DefectsNo. of Defects
Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring TreatmentRequiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment
TuberculosisPulmonary:(27) Definite—1——
(28) Suspected—11—
Non-Pulmonary:
(29) Glands—1—2
(30) Bones and Joints———1
(31) Skin——1—
(32) Other Forms———1
Totals (Heads 29-32)—114
Nervous System(33) Epilepsy——11
(34) Chorea3111014
(35) Other Conditions24385167
Deformities(36) Rickets3211
(37) Spinal Curvature92—2
(38) Other Forms85745515
(39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Unclean-liness and Dental Diseases)962353,433193
Total number of defects1,2001,3046,622574