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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 1957
[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, 1957.
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | A. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | B. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | TOTAL (including all other age groups) | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | |||||
| Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | ||||
| 4. Skin | 18 | 23 | 58 | 36 | 159 | 131 | 47 | 8 | |
| 5. Eyes— | |||||||||
| a. Vision | 45 | 101 | 80 | 121 | 399 | 487 | 62 | ||
| b. Squint | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 49 | 12 | — | |
| c. Other | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 58 | 55 | 26 | 15 | |
| 6. Ears— | |||||||||
| a. Hearing | 9 | 89 | 4 | 53 | 24 | 269 | 19 | 66 | |
| b. Otitis media | 2 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 9 | 10 | |
| c. Other | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7. Nose and Throat | 26 | 188 | 9 | 26 | 74 | 385 | 44 | 63 | |
| 8. Speech | 4 | 35 | — | 3 | 13 | 57 | 12 | 5 | |
| 9. Lymphatic Glands | 3 | 72 | — | 11 | 4 | 156 | 1 | 5 | |
| 10. Heart | 2 | 20 | — | 15 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 26 | |
| 11. Lungs | 7 | 63 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 205 | 29 | 89 | |
| 12. Developmental— | |||||||||
| a. Hernia | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 20 | — | — | |
| b. Other | — | 13 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 79 | — | 3 | |
| 13. Orthopaedic— | |||||||||
| a. Posture | 5 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 34 | 159 | 2 | 3 | |
| b. Feet | 8 | 38 | 13 | 36 | 70 | 238 | 18 | 9 | |
| c. Other | 3 | 58 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 290 | 17 | 34 | |
| 14. Nervous System— | |||||||||
| a. Epilepsy | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| b. Other | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 12 | |
| 15. Psychological— | |||||||||
| a. Development | — | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 24 | 117 | |
| b. Stability | 1 | 57 | — | 14 | 11 | 235 | 104 | 100 | |
| 16. Abdomen | 3 | 14 | — | 4 | 6 | 58 | 8 | 23 | |
| 17. Other | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 78 | 84 | 133 | |