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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART 2
TABLE A. - RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION 1962
| Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | To til | ||||||
| Treat-Bent | Ob-serration | Treat-meat | Observation | Treat-sent | Ob-serva- tion | Treat-ment | Observation | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| 4 | SKIN | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 30 | |
| 5 | EYES - | 72 | 96 | 170 | 24 | 259 | 176 | 501 | 296 |
| 17 | 9 | - | 1 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 6 | EARS - | 28 | 91 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 58 | 141 |
| 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | ||
| (c) Other | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |
| 7 | NOSE AND THROAT | 58 | 183 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 83 | 106 | 271 |
| 8 | SPEECH | 31 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 52 | 65 |
| 9 | LYMPHATIC | - | 16 | - | 1 | • | 18 | • | 27 |
| 10 | HEART | 5 | 39 | - | - | 13 | 26 | 18 | 65 |
| 11 | LUNGS | 6 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 35 | M | 88 |
| 12 | DEVELOPMENTAL -(a) Hernia | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 3 | 60 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 172 | 55 | 249 | ||
| 13 | ORTHOPAEDIC -(a) Postnre | 6 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 66 |
| (b) Feet | 20 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 42 | 55 | 96 | |
| (c) Other | 9 | 65 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 40 | 44 | 112 | |
| 14 | NERVOUS SYSTEM -(a) Epilepsy | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||
| 15 | PSYCHOLOGICAL -(a) Development | 4 | 12 | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 38 | ||
| 16 | ABDOMEN | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | |
| 17 | OTHER | 20 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 36 | 82 |