London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ealing 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Ringworm of Head | 28 |
| Ringworm of Body | 24 |
| Scabies | 37 |
| Impetigo | 301 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 115 |
| Minor Injuries | 156 |
| Ear Diseases (including Otorrhoea) | 184 |
| Eye Diseases (including Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis, etc., but excluding defective | |
| vision and squint) | 212 |
| Miscellaneous (Sores, Chilblains, etc.) | 441 |
| 1,498 |
(c) Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids.—At the routine
inspection 232 children were found with enlarged tonsils, 15 with
adenoids, 152 with enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and two with
other conditions of the nose and throat requiring treatment.
Children with these conditions who had to be kept under observation
numbered 946. In addition, 59 cases of enlarged tonsils, 7 of
adenoids, 54 of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and 26 of other
conditions requiring treatment, and 69 cases of similar diseases
of the nose and throat requiring to be kept under observation
were found on special inspection.
(d) Tuberculosis.— One definite case of pulmonary tuberculosis
requiring treatment was found on special examination.
Five suspected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis requiring to be
kept under observation were found at routine medical inspection
and four who needed to be kept under observation were discovered
on special examination. One suspected case of tuberculosis of
the glands, one of the knee joint, and two other forms of tuberculosis
requiring to be kept under observation were found at routine
medical inspection. One case of glandular tuberculosis to be
kept under observation was found on special examination.