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Croydon 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE II

A.-Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1934.

defect or disease. (1)Routine Inspections Number of defects.Special Inspections. No. of defects.
Requiring treatment. (2)Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment (3)Requiring treatment. (4)Requiring to be kept undar observation but not requiring treatment. (5)
Malnutrition4566123
Uncleanliness11......
(See Table IV.—Group V.) Skin—
Ringworm:
Scalp1...1...
Body......1...
Scabies221...
Impetigo4...2...
Other diseases (non-tuberculous)583...
Eye-
Blepharitis4211
Conjunctivitis11......
Keratitis............
Corneal Opacities............
Defective vision (excluding squint)257151041
Squint672042
Other conditions411...
Ear—
Defective hearing5...6...
Otitis media7...42
Other ear diseases124...
Nose & Throat—
Enlarged tonsils only78198145
Adenoids only25281...
Enlarged tonsils & adenoids200176369
Other conditions25631
Enlarged Cervical Glands—
(Non-tuberculous)41322
Defective Speech14116
Teeth-Dental Diseases8247...
(See Table IV.—Group IV.) Heart & Circulation— Heart disease:
Organic135519
Functional27313
Anaemia62212
Lungs—
Bronchitis1849...6
Other non-tuberculous diseases412...2
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary—Definite............
„ Suspected62013
Non-pulmonary—Glands ....2...1
„ Spine............
„ Hip............
„ Other Bones & Joints............
„ Skin1.........
„ Other Forms...1......
Nervous System-
Epilepsy13...2
Chorea41051
Other conditions432...
Deformities-
Rickets13......
Spinal curvature67477...
Other forms65187...
Other Defects & Diseases30109136