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Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE II.—A.—Return ofDefectsFound byMedicalInspection in the YearEnded 31st December, 1931.

DEFECT OR disease.Routine Inspections. Number of defects.Special Inspections. Number of defects.
Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not re-quiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treat ment.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Malnutrition16......
Uncleanliness............
(SeeTable IV.—Group V.)
Skin—
Ringworm
Scalp............
Body............
Scabies......1...
Impetigo...1......
Otherdiseases (nontuberculous)12......
Eye—
Blepharitis............
Conjunctivitis...1......
Keratitis............
Cornealopacities............
Defectivevision (excludingsquint).148128...
Squint3.........
Otherconditions.........
Ear—...
Defectivehearing1.........
Otitismedia2.........
Othereardiseases1.........
Nose and Throat—
Enlargedtonsilsonly30341...
Adenoidsonly131...
Enlargedtonsilsandadenoids74......
Otherconditions...2......
Enlarged Cervical Glands12...1
(NonTuberculous)
Defective Speech...1......
Teeth—Dental Diseasel1112......
(SeeTable IV.—Group IV).
Heart and Circulation—
HeartDisease—
Organic...2514
Functional112......
Anaemia...16......
Lungs—
Bronchitis............
Othernon-tuberculousdiseases...1......
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary—
Definite............
Suspected...1......
Non-pulmonary—
Glands...1......
Spine............
Hip............
Otherbones & joints............
Skin............
Otherforms............
Nervous System—
Epilepsy............
Chorea...3......
Otherconditions...7......
Deformities—
Rickets............
Spinalcurvature223121
Otherforms1914...2
Other Defects and Diseases...10...2