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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
Hendon 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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| Defect or Disease. (1) | Routine Inspections. | Specials. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. referred for treatment. (2) | No. requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment: (3) | No. referred for treatment: (4) | No. requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. (5) | ||
| Defective Speech | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Teeth—Dental Diseases | 121 | 17 | 8 | — | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease | ||||
| Organic | 7 | 18 | — | 1 | |
| Functional | 4 | 61 | i | 4 | |
| Anaemia | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
| Lungs | Bronchitis | 1 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Other Non-Tubercular Disease | 1 | 8 | — | 2 | |
| Tuber culosis | 'Pulmonary | ||||
| Definite | — | — | — | - | |
| Suspected | — | 5 | — | 1 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Glands | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Spine | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Hip | — | — | — | - | |
| Other Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | |
| Skin | — | — | — | - | |
| Other Forms | — | — | — | - | |
| Nervous System | Epilepsy | — | — | — | 1 |
| Chorea | 2 | 1 | — | - | |
| Other Conditions | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Deformities | Rickets | — | — | - | - |
| Spinal Curvature | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other Forms | 1 | 13 | — | — | |
| Other Defects and Diseases | 10 | l3 | 6 | 1 | |
Number of Individual Children
having defects which required
Treatment or to be kept under
observation 1011