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 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 |