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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

Finchley 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: TABLE .IIA. — Return of Defects found by Medical Inspections in the year ended 31st December, 1934.

TABLE .II

A. — Return of Defects found by Medical Inspections in the year ended 31st December, 1934.

Routine Inspections. No. of Defects.Special Inspections No. of Defects.
DEFECT OR DISEASE.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Malnutrition6..7..
Skin— Ringworm:— Scalp
Body....8..
Scabies....13..
Impetigo2..46..
Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous).....351
Eye— Blepharitis2..151
Conjunctivitis1..9..
Keratitis........
Corneal Opacities........
Defective Vision (excluding Squint)282044..
Squint2314..
Other Conditions41584
Eat— Defective Hearing........
Otitis Media3..412
Other Ear Diseases1..i 45
Nose and Throat— Chronic Tonsillitis only291215
Adenoids only......2
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids1042213
Other Conditions1..313
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous)..2312
Defective Speech........
Heart and Circulation— Heart Disease: Organic..12..
Functional..1..1
Anaemia31162
Lungs— Bronchitis1292
Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases....1..
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary: Definite........
Suspected........
Non-Pulmonary: Glands........
Bones and Joints..1....
Skin........
Other forms........
Nervous System—Epilepsy12..1
Chorea....21
Other Conditions... .33
Deformities—Rickets........
Spinal Curvature11....
Other forms..11..
Other Defects and Diseases— (Excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases)7222848