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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
Bexley 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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TABLE III.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1956.
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | A. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | B. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | TOTAL (Including a,11 other age groups) | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | |||||
| Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | ||||
| 4. Skin | 15 | 26 | 71 | 25 | 192 | 130 | 68 | 9 | |
| 5. Eyes— | 62 | 88 | |||||||
| a. Vision | 121 | 132 | 442 | 660 | 54 | 18 | |||
| b. Squint | 21 | 32 | — | 2 | 52 | 86 | 7 | 3 | |
| c. Other | 7 | 9 | 8 | ii | 88 | 74 | 31 | 10 | |
| 6. Ears— | |||||||||
| a. Hearing | 5 | 133 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 342 | 30 | 49 | |
| b. Otitis media | — | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 5 | 14 | |
| c. Other | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 45 | 7 | 5 | |
| 7. Nose and Throat | 48 | 249 | 13 | 24 | 126 | 578 | 58 | 75 | |
| 8. Speech | 6 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 75 | 17 | 10 | |
| 9. Lymphatic Glands | 8 | 111 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 240 | 5 | 5 | |
| 10. Heart | 1 | 26 | — | 11 | 4 | 89 | 3 | 20 | |
| 11. Lungs | 11 | 119 | — | 21 | 20 | 314 | 38 | 90 | |
| 12. Developmental— | |||||||||
| a. Hernia | 1 | 9 | — | 1 | 5 | 22 | — | 2 | |
| b. Other | 2 | 23 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 134 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13. Orthopaedic— | |||||||||
| a. Posture | 4 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 69 | 140 | 2 | 1 | |
| b. Feet | 7 | 43 | 8 | 53 | 74 | 276 | 18 | 6 | |
| c. Other | 3 | 93 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 333 | 18 | 25 | |
| 14. Nervous System— | |||||||||
| a. Epilepsy | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | |
| b. Other | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | |
| 15. Psychological— | |||||||||
| a. Develop ment | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 35 | 79 | |
| b. Stability | — | 91 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 330 | 97 | 88 | |
| 16. Abdomen | 3 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 79 | 12 | 12 | |
| 17. Other | 2 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 114 | 137 | 200 | |