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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 II. (A).—continued. (Secondary Schools only.)
| Defect or Disease | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects i | 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 | ||
| Nose and i Throat | '(16) Chronic Tonsillitis only ... | 3 | 9 | _ | 1 |
| (17) Adenoids only | _ | _ | _ | ||
| (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | |||||
| (19) Other Conditions ... | — | 2 | — | — | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 4 | ||||
| (21) Defective Speech | — | — | — | — | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease : | ||||
| (22) Organic | — | 1 | — | _ | |
| (23) Functional | — | 8 | — | 1 | |
| (24) Anaemia ... | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
| Lungs 1 | '(25) Bronchitis... | _ | _ | ___ | |
| (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 4 | 5 | — | — | |
| Tuber- _ culosis | 'Pulmonary : | ||||
| (27) Definite | — | — | — | — | |
| (28) Suspected | — | — | — | — | |
| Non-Pulmonary : | |||||
| (29) Glands | — | — | — | — | |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | |
| (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals (Heads 29-32) | — | — | — | — | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | — | — | — | — |
| (34) Chorea | — | — | — | — | |
| (35) Other Conditions | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 12 | 8 | 1 | — | |
| (38) Other Forms | 37 | 32 | 2 | — | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Unclean-liness and Dental Diseases) | 10 | 24 | 20 | 1 | |
| Total number of defects | 160 | 137 | 49 | 5 | |