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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

Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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SECONDARY

Table: TABLE II.—A.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year Ended 31st December, 1930.

TABLE II.—A.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year Ended 31st December, 1930.

DEFECT OR DISEASe. (1)Routine Inspections. Number of defects.Special Inspections. Number of defects.
Requiring treatment. (2)Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. (3)Requiring treatment. (4)Requiring to be kept under observation but not re-quiring treatment. (5)
Malnutrition...2......
Uncleanliness............
(See Table IV.—Group V.)
Skin—.
Ringworm.
Scalp............
Body............
Scabies............
Impetigo............
Other diseases (non tuberculous)...1......
Eye—
Blepharitis...3...1
Conjunctivitis............
Keratitis............
Corneal opacities............
Defective vision (excluding squint)357......
Squint............
Other conditions............
Ear-
Defective hearing11......
Otitis media............
Other eat diseases1.........
Nose and Throat
Enlarged tonsils only7301...
Adenoids only27......
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids12......
Other conditions...1......
Enlarged Cervical Glands(Non Tuberculous)...8......
Defective Speech11......
Teeth—Dental Disease4843...
(See Table IV.—Group IV).
Heart and Circulation
Heart Disease —
Organic117...2
Functional...11......
Anaemia...10......
Lungs—
Bronchitis............
Other non-tuberculous diseases............
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary—
Definite............
Susptory............
Non-pulmonary—
Glands...1......
Spine............
Hip............
Other bones & joints............
Skin............
Other forms............
Nervous System—
Epilepsy...1......
Chorea...1......
Other conditions21......
Deformities—
Rickets............
Spinal curvature524......
Other forms771...
Other Defects and Diseases28......