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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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3. Number of those who were tested and found to be
(a) negative 3,503
(b) positive 194
4. Number of those who were given B.C.G. vaccination 3,503
ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
Details of the three routine medical inspections
carried out in schools are set out below. These are
normally carried out during the first and last years at
school and at the last year in primary school.
Numbers Examined
| 1958 | 1959 | |
|---|---|---|
| First age group | 2, 050 | 2,375 |
| Second age group | 2,419 | 1,998 |
| Third age group | 1, 991 | 2,268 |
| Total | 6,460 | 6,641 |
Classification of General Condition
| Satisfactory | 6,629 |
| Unsatisfactory | 12 |
| 6,641 |
Defects requiring Treatment found at Routine Medical Inspection
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin Diseases | 738 | 846 | 724 |
| Defective Vision | 349 | 438 | 320 |
| Squint | 10 | 26 | 22 |
| Defects of Hearing | 53 | 114 | 31 |
| Middle Ear Diseases | 24 | 8 | 6 |
| Nose and Throat Diseases | 86 | 141 | 78 |
| Speech Defects | 12 | 28 | 25 |
| Enlarged Glands | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Heart - Circulation conditions | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Lung Diseases | 52 | 74 | 32 |
| Hernia | 5 | - | 5 |
| Postural Defects | 23 | 32 | 20 |
| Orthopaedic Foot Defects | 48 | 68 | 54 |
| Epilepsy | - | - | 4 |
ASTHMA CLINIC.
The general work of the bronchial asthma clinic
continued on the revised lines provisionally started in
1958 when it was decided to start a detailed enquiry into
the causation of bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis
in childhood. The enquiry was limited to those children
who had been referred to the clinic for a course of
remedial breathing exercises.