Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE II.—A.—Return of Dkfkcts Found by Medical Inspection in the Year Ended 31st December, 1932.
Routink Inspections. Number of defects. | Special Inspections. Number of defects. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
defect or disease, | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not re-qu ring treatment. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not re-quiring ireat ment. |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Malnutrition | 6 | |||
Unclcanliness. | ||||
(See Table IV.—Group V.) Skin— | ||||
Ringworm Scalp | ||||
Body | ||||
Scabies | ||||
Impetigo | ||||
Other diseases (non tuberculous) | ||||
Eye— | ||||
Blepharitis | 1 | |||
Conjunctivitis | ||||
Keratitis | ||||
Corneal opacities | ||||
Defective vision (excluding squint). | 128 | 16 | 8 | ... |
Squint | 1 | l | ||
Other conditions | ... | |||
Ear | ||||
Defective hearing | 1 | ... | ||
Otitis media | 1 | |||
Other ear diseases | 1 | |||
Nose and Throat — | ||||
Enlarged tonsils only | 5 | 11 | ||
Adenoids only | 2 | |||
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 4 | 1 | ||
Other conditions | 4 | |||
Enlarged Crkvicai. Gi.ands (Non Tuberculous) | ... | |||
Defective Speech | 1 | |||
Teeth—Dental Disease | 90 | 11 | 2 | |
(See Table IV.—Group IV). Heart and Circulation— | ||||
Heart Disease — | ||||
Organic | 31 | |||
Functional | 15 | |||
Anosmia | 13 | |||
Lungs— | ||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | ||
Other non-tuberculous diseases | 1 | |||
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary— | ||||
Definite | ||||
Suspected | ||||
Non-pulmonary— | ||||
Glands | 1 | |||
Spine | ||||
Hip | ||||
Other bones & joints | ||||
Skin | ||||
Other forms | ||||
Nervous System— | ||||
Epilepsy | ||||
Chorea | i | 3 | ||
Other conditions | 1 | |||
Deformities— | ||||
Rickets | ||||
Spinal curvature | 10 | 36 | i | |
Other forms | 8 | 1y | 1 | |
Other Defects and Diseases | 2 | 18 |