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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
Edmonton 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE II.
(Board of Education.)
RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL
INSPECTION, 1921.
| Defects or Disease. | Routine. | Special. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. | Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for | treatment. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Malnutrition | – | 323 | – | 8 |
| Uncleanliness– | ||||
| Head | 3 | 38 | 50 | 1 |
| Body | – | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Skin– | ||||
| Ringworm: Head | 2 | – | 69 | – |
| Body | – | – | 60 | – |
| Scabies | – | – | 52 | – |
| Impetigo | 36 | – | 412 | 7 |
| Other diseases (non-tubercular) | 1 | 2 | 391 | 45 |
| Eye- | ||||
| Blepharitis | 33 | – | 129 | – |
| Conjunctivitis | – | – | 32 | – |
| Keratitis | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Corneal Ulcer | 2 | – | 8 | – |
| Corneal Opacities | – | – | – | – |
| Defective vision | 95 | 98 | 200 | 10 |
| Squint | 46 | 6 | 88 | – |
| Other conditions | 4 | 3 | 38 | – |
| Ear– | ||||
| Defective hearing | 35 | 29 | 55 | 2 |
| Otitis Media | 62 | 2 | 138 | – |
| Other ear diseases | – | – | 10 | 4 |
| Nose and Throat– | ||||
| Enlarged Tonsils. | 50 | 249 | 58 | 3 |
| Adenoids | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 11 | 16 | 3 | – |
| Other conditions | 8 | 2 | 140 | 90 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercle) | – | 13 | 35 | 11 |
| Defective speech | – | 22 | – | 3 |
| Heart and Circulation– | ||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Functional Heart Disease | 2 | 31 | – | 5 |
| Angemia | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Lungs– | ||||
| Bronchitife | G | 31 | 44 | 17 |
| Other Non-tubercular Diseases | 2 | – | 3 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis– | ||||
| Pulmonary: Definite | – | – | 1 | 9 |
| Suspected | 2 | – | 4 | 20 |
| Non-Pulmonary: Glands | – | – | 1 | – |
| Spine | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Hip | – | – | 2 | |
| Other bones & joints | – | – | – | – |
| Skin | – | – | – | – |
| Other forms | – | 1 | – | – |
| Nervous System– | ||||
| Epilepsy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Chorea | – | – | 25 | 10 |
| Other conditions | 2 | 16 | 12 | 22 |
| Deformities– | ||||
| Rickets | 2 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Spinal Curvature | – | – | – | 2 |
| Other forms | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Other defects and diseases | 3 | 8 | 510 | 608 |
| No. of individual children having defects which required treatment or to be kept under observation | 4,127 | |||