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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART 2
DEFECTS FOUND BY PERIODIC AND SPECIAL MEDICAL INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1964
T = requiring Treatment 0 = requiring Observation
| Defect or Disease | PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | SPECIAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENTRANTS | LEAVERS | OTHERS | TOTAL | INSPECTIONS | |||
| SKIN | T | 31 | 37 | 116 | 184 | 2 | |
| 0 | 23 | 6 | 36 | 65 | 1 | ||
| EYES - | (a) Vision ... | T | 127 | 413 | 546 | 1086 | 35 |
| 0 | 197 | 72 | 299 | 568 | 7 | ||
| (b) Squint | T | 37 | 4 | 27 | 68 | 5 | |
| 0 | 14 | - | 1 | 15 | - | ||
| (c) Other | T | 7 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 2 | |
| 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | - | ||
| EARS - | (a) Hearing | T | 93 | 25 | 104 | 222 | 10 |
| 0 | 110 | 9 | 49 | 168 | - | ||
| (b) Otitis Media | T | 16 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 1 | |
| 0 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 38 | |||
| (c) Other | T | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | - | |
| 0 | 10 | - | 14 | 24 | - | ||
| NOSE AND THROAT | T | 140 | 12 | 105 | 257 | 10 | |
| 0 | 337 | 3 | 161 | 501 | 4 | ||
| SPEECH | T | 52 | 1 | 17 | 70 | 4 | |
| 0 | 80 | 3 | 21 | 104 | 1 | ||
| LYMPHATIC GLANDS | T | 11 | - | 2 | 13 | - | |
| 0 | 45 | - | 13 | 58 | " | ||
| HEART | T | 39 | 7 | 33 | 79 | 3 | |
| 0 | 78 | 9 | 45 | 132 | - | ||
| LUNGS | T | 27 | 7 | 33 | 67 | 3 | |
| 0 | 71 | 8 | 48 | 127 | 1 | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL . (a) Hernia | T | 10 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 1 | |
| 0 | 15 | - | 6 | 21 | |||
| (b) Other | T | 15 | 10 | 62 | 87 | 6 | |
| 0 | 58 | 7 | 183 | 248 | 4 | ||
| ORTHOPAEDIC - (a) Posture | T | 16 | 37 | 83 | 136 | 4 | |
| 0 | 48 | 12 | 114 | 174 | 4 | ||
| (b) Feet | T | 26 | 17 | 52 | 95 | 5 | |
| 0 | 64 | 7 | 89 | 160 | 2 | ||
| (c) Other | T | 40 | 26 | 51 | 117 | 2 | |
| 0 | 103 | 10 | 83 | 196 | 3 | ||
| NERVOUS SYSTEM | (a) Epilepsy | T | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 0 | 4 | - | 2 | 6 | - | ||
| (b) Other | T | 6 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 2 | |
| 0 | 17 | - | 14 | 31 | 1 | ||
| PSYCHO LOGICAI | "j- (a) Development | T | 18 | 16 | 34 | _ | |
| 0 | 19 | - | 11 | 30 | 1 | ||
| (b) Stability | T | 28 | 2 | 36 | 66 | 5 | |
| 0 | 72 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 1 | ||
| ABDOMEN | T | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | - | |
| 0 | 6 | - | 14 | 20 | - | ||
| OTHER | T | 40 | 13 | 48 | 101 | 7 | |
| 0 | 64 | 11 | 106 | 181 | 3 | ||