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 Dagenham]
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Defects Found by Medical Inspection
Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special inspections | |||||||||||
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Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total (all groups) | |||||||||||
Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | |||||
4 | Skin | 2 | 7 | 63 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 82 | 43 | 317 | 19 | |||
5 | Jiyes: | (a) vision | 12 | 16 | 227 | 36 | 189 | 75 | 428 | 127 | 49 | 106 | ||
(b) squint | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 1 | ||||
(c) other | - | - | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 62 | 33 | ||||
6 | Ears: | (a) hearing | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 32 | 70 | 27 | ||
(b) otitis media | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 6 | ||||
(c) other | 2 | - | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | - | - | ||||
7 | Nose and throat | 27 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 25 | 70 | 75 | 18 | 15 | |||
8 | Speech | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 20 | |||
9 | Lymphatic glands | 7 | 12 | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 24 | - | - | |||
10 | Heart | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 11 | |||
11 | Lungs | 9 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 61 | 5 | 14 | |||
12 | Developmental: | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
(b) other | 1 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 9 | ||||
13 | Orthopaed ic: | a) posture | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | ||
b) feet | 6 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 38 | 38 | 81 | 1 | 5 | ||||
'c) other | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 40 | 80 | 16 | ||||
14 | Nervous system: | |||||||||||||
(a) epilepsy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | ||||
(b) other | - | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | ||||
15 | Psychological: | |||||||||||||
fa) development | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 42 | 41 | 51 | 6 | 6 | ||||
(b) stability | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 17 | ||||
16 | Abdomen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |||
17 | Other | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 35 | 24 | 492 | 213 |