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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE II. —continued.
| Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects. | No. of Defects | ||||
| 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) | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 25 | 28 | 20 | 3 | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease:— (22) Organic | 15 | — | 8 | |
| (23) Functional | 4 | 61 | 2 | ||
| (24) Anæmia | 7 | 24 | 4 | 8 | |
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | — | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary:— (27) Definite | — | — | — | |
| (28) Suspected | — | — | — | — | |
| Non-Pulmonary:— (29) Glands | — | — | — | — | |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | |
| (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | |
| TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | — | — | — | — | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| (34) Chorea | — | 5 | — | 2 | |
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | 29 | — | 5 | |
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | — | — | — | — |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | |
| (38) Other Forms | 187 | 89 | 94 | 19 | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanli-ness and Dental Diseases) | 38 | 133 | 27 | 30 | |
| Total | 859 | 1060 | 2000 | 216 | |