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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

Beckenham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: TABLE II.A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1938.Excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Disease.

TABLE II.

A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1938.

Excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Disease.

DEFECT OR DISEASERoutine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Skin—Ringworm (Scalp)1—2—
Scabies1—8—
Impetigo——20—
Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous)7—34—
Eye—Blepharitis2—2—
Conjunctivitis4—12—
Other Conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint)1—42
Defective Vision (excluding Squint)7813642
Squint1429—
Ear—Defective Hearing12—8—
Otitis Media2—14—
Other Ear Diseases2—262
Nose and Throat—Chronic Tonsillitis only3044184
Adenoids only124102
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids6252
Other Conditions28334224
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous)81293
Defective Speech6—27—
Heart and Circulation—Heart Disease :
Organic212—
Functional232253
Anaemia16752
Lungs—Bronchitis1027—
Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases74208
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary:
Suspected344—
Non-Pulmonary:
Glands——1—
Bones and Joints1—2—
Nervous System—Epilepsy11—2
Other Conditions13117
Deformities—Spinal Curvature2413—
Other Forms6526642
Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Unclean-liness and Dental Diseases)544717785
Total Number of Defects430228609150