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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: NON-MAINTAINEDTABLE II— A.— Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1948.

NON-MAINTAINED

TABLE II— A.— Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1948.

Routine Inspections. Number of defects.Special Inspections Number of defects.
DEFECT OR DISEASE.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Malnutrition2.........
Uncleanliness. (See Table IV.—Group V.) Skin— Ringworm: Scalp............
Body.............
Scabies............
Impetigo............
Other diseases (non-tuberculous)2.........
Eye— Blepharitis1.........
Conjunctivitis1.........
Keratitis............
Corneal opacities............
Defective vision (excluding squint)14.........
Squint............
Other conditions1.........
Ear— Defective hearing11......
Otitis media............
Other ear diseases............
Nose and Throat— Enlarged tonsils only............
Adenoids only1.........
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids23......
Other conditions1.........
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous)1.........
Defective Speech............
Teeth—Dental Disease1.........
Heart and Circulation— Heart Disease— Organic...1......
Functional2.........
Anaemia5.........
Lungs— Bronchitis............
Other non-tuberculous diseases1.........
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary— Definite............
Suspected............
Non-pulmonary— Glands............
Spine............
Hip............
Other bones and joints............
Skin............
Other forms............
Nervous System— Epilepsy............
Choreal.........
Other conditions2.........
Deformities- Rickets............
Spinal curvature11.........
Other forms14.........
Other Defects and Diseases71......