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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 1969
[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 1969
| T = requiring Treatment | 0 = requiring Observation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defect or O/sease | PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | SPECIAL | |||||
| ENTRANTS | LEAVERS | OTHERS | TOTAL | INSPECTIONS | |||
| SKIN | T | 108 | 393 | 684 | 1185 | 18 | |
| 0 | 83 | 52 | 117 | 252 | 6 | ||
| EYES . (a) Vision | T | 228 | 474 | 904 | 1606 | 66 | |
| 0 | 498 | 129 | 719 | 1346 | 48 | ||
| T | 117 | 12 | 119 | 248 | 13 | ||
| 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 2 | ||
| T | 25 | 3 | 27 | 55 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 3 | ||
| EARS • (a) Hearing | T | 68 | 25 | 119 | 212 | 20 | |
| 0 | 232 | 10 | 129 | 371 | 10 | ||
| T | 46 | 7 | 37 | 90 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 168 | 13 | 78 | 259 | 4 | ||
| (c) Other | T | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 0 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 55 | 1 | ||
| NOSE AND THROAT | T | 133 | 34 | 184 | 351 | 13 | |
| 0 | 465 | 44 | 402 | 911 | 39 | ||
| SPEECH | T | 78 | 8 | 46 | 132 | 21 | |
| 0 | 102 | 4 | 54 | 160 | 13 | ||
| LYMPHATIC GLANDS | T | 9 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1 | |
| 0 | 55 | 2 | 49 | 106 | 4 | ||
| HEART | T | 23 | 24 | 44 | 91 | 1 | |
| 0 | 88 | 30 | 103 | 221 | 9 | ||
| LUNGS | T | 56 | 36 | 119 | 211 | 6 | |
| 0 | 115 | 9 | 68 | 192 | 9 | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL - (a) Hernia | T | 9 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 1 | |
| 0 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 43 | 4 | ||
| T | 37 | 59 | 149 | 245 | 15 | ||
| 0 | 123 | 65 | 364 | 552 | 23 | ||
| ORTHOPAEDIC - (a) Posture | T | 10 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 3 | |
| 0 | 17 | 21 | 59 | 97 | 1 | ||
| T | 23 | 17 | 45 | 85 | 8 | ||
| 0 | 58 | 43 | 108 | 209 | 8 | ||
| T | 35 | 17 | 76 | 128 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 96 | 26 | 123 | 245 | 9 | ||
| NERVOUS SYSTEM | T | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 6 | |
| 0 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 1 | ||
| T | 38 | 5 | 36 | 79 | 11 | ||
| 0 | 44 | 7 | 44 | 95 | 13 | ||
| PSYCHO-LOGICAL) | (a) Development | T | 14 | 1 | 26 | 41 | 13 |
| 0 | 66 | 5 | 48 | 119 | 24 | ||
| T | 19 | 9 | 58 | 86 | 23 | ||
| 0 | 142 | 16 | 169 | 327 | 31 | ||
| ABDOMEN | T | 22 | 7 | 25 | 54 | 6 | |
| 0 | 32 | 5 | 43 | 80 | 5 | ||
| OTHER | T | 16 | 6 | 31 | 53 | 5 | |
| 0 | 55 | 18 | 105 | 178 | 5 | ||