Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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T = requiring Treatment O = requiring Observation
Defect or Disease | PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | SPECIAL INSPECTIONS | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ENTRANTS | LEA VERS | OTHERS | TOTAL | |||
SKIN | T | 128 | 335 | 600 | 1063 | 15 |
O | 137 | 94 | 157 | 388 | 3 | |
EYES - (a) Vision | T | 214 | 556 | 969 | 1739 | 68 |
O | 578 | 182 | 848 | 1608 | 36 | |
T | 123 | 15 | 127 | 265 | 9 | |
O | 13 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 2 | |
T | 19 | 7 | 24 | 50 | - | |
O | 25 | 11 | 27 | 63 | 3 | |
EARS - (a) Hearing | T | 63 | 23 | 148 | 234 | 14 |
O | 299 | 19 | 110 | 428 | 9 | |
T | 33 | 6 | 37 | 76 | 4 | |
O | 169 | 14 | 119 | 302 | 4 | |
T | 11 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 4 | |
O | 30 | 9 | 22 | 61 | - | |
NOSE AND THROAT | T | 125 | 26 | 165 | 316 | 9 |
O | 521 | 38 | 428 | 987 | 20 | |
SPEECH | T | 71 | 4 | 84 | 159 | 11 |
O | 102 | 5 | 33 | 140 | 11 | |
LYMPHATIC GLANDS...... | T | 20 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 2 |
O | 97 | 9 | 96 | 202 | 3 | |
HEART | T | 29 | 29 | 47 | 105 | 11 |
O | 89 | 32 | 120 | 241 | 10 | |
LUNGS | T | 48 | 23 | 101 | 172 | 14 |
O | 101 | 14 | 88 | 203 | 4 | |
DEVELOPMENTAL - (a) Hernia | T | 16 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 9 |
O | 34 | 6 | 29 | 69 | 4 | |
T | 36 | 44 | 156 | 236 | 14 | |
O | 179 | 85 | 301 | 565 | 14 | |
ORTHOPAEDIC - (a) Posture | T | 7 | 8 | 32 | 47 | 4 |
O | 19 | 38 | 59 | 116 | - | |
T | 27 | 11 | 76 | 114 | 9 | |
O | 78 | 89 | 162 | 329 | 6 | |
T | 39 | 25 | 69 | 133 | 8 | |
O | 140 | 67 | 145 | 352 | 11 | |
NERVOUS - (a) Epilepsy | T | 10 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 4 |
O | 23 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 2 | |
T | 44 | 6 | 58 | 108 | 12 | |
O | 83 | 8 | 72 | 163 | 10 | |
PSYCHO LOGICAL = (a) Development | T | 13 | 1 | 24 | 38 | 10 |
O | 52 | 10 | 37 | 99 | 11 | |
T | 20 | 9 | 65 | 94 | 16 | |
O | 157 | 15 | 166 | 338 | 19 | |
ABDOMEN | T | 19 | 5 | 37 | 61 | 9 |
O | 38 | 16 | 59 | 113 | 6 | |
OTHER | T | 16 | 13 | 49 | 78 | 2 |
O | 75 | 72 | 156 | 303 | 8 |