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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART 2
TABLE A. - RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION 1960
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||||
| Treatment | Observation | Treat-wen t | Observation | Treat-men t | Observation | Treat-men t | Observation | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| 4 | SKIN | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 41 | 45 |
| 5 | EYES - | 92 | 48 | 132 | 32 | 341 | 181 | 565 | 261 |
| 14 | 10 | - | 1 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 6 | EARS -(a) Hearing | 10 | 61 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 38 | 123 |
| 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 39 | ||
| (c) Other | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| 7 | NOSE AND THROAT | 63 | 141 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 116 | 131 | 266 |
| .8 | speech | 37 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 55 | 54 |
| 9 | lymphatic glands | 1 | 77 | - | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 90 |
| 10 | HEART | 4 | 43 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 94 |
| 11 | LUNGS | 4 | 61 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 61 | 18 | 133 |
| 12 | DEVELOPMENTAL -(a) Hernia | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 7 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 85 | 64 | 120 | ||
| 13 | ORTHOPAEDIC -(a) Posture | 18 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 89 | 38 | 121 | 58 |
| 27 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 92 | 69 | 136 | 121 | ||
| 20 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 51 | 73 | 112 | ||
| 14 | NERVOUS SYSTEM -(a) Epilepsy | - | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 21 | ||
| 15 | PSYCHOLOGICAL -(a) Development | 2 | 15 | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 22 | ||
| 16 | abdomen | - | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 17 | OTHER | 23 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 46 | 67 | 79 |