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 Finchley]
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TABLE II
A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection
in the year ended 31 st december, 1948
Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of defects | No. of defects | ||||
Requireing Treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment | Requireing Treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
4 | Skin | 7 | — | 134 | 14 |
5 | Eyes—a. Vision | 105 | 19 | 138 | 2 |
12 | 6 | — | 1 | ||
9 | 2 | 39 | 7 | ||
6 | Ears—a. Hearing | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
3 | — | 44 | 43 | ||
2 | 2 | 32 | 40 | ||
7 | Nose or Throat | 21 | 43 | 39 | 109 |
8 | Speech | 19 | 4 | 13 | 13 |
9 | Cervical Glands | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
10 | Heart and Circulation | 7 | 5 | — | 1 |
11 | Lungs | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 |
12 | Developmental— | ||||
1 | — | — | — | ||
— | 3 | — | — | ||
13 | Orthopaedic— | ||||
19 | 4 | 5 | — | ||
14 | 6 | 33 | 6 | ||
9 | 8 | 58 | 23 | ||
14 | Nervous system— | ||||
— | — | — | 1 | ||
— | — | — | 1 | ||
15 | Psychological— | ||||
— | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
3 | — | 3 | — | ||
16 | Other | 32 | 31 | 101 | 295 |