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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 1937
[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) | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | — | 91 | 3 | 43 | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 27 | 18 | 47 | 2 | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease:— (22) Organic | — | 21 | 8 | 6 |
| (23) Functional | — | 74 | 1 | 16 | |
| (24) Anosmia | 3 | 43 | 3 | 3 | |
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 11 | 29 | 4 | 11 |
| (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | |
| Tuber- culosis | Pulmonary:— (27) Definite | — | 1 | — | — |
| (28) Suspected | — | 3 | — | 1 | |
| Non-Pulmonary:— (29) Glands | — | 2 | — | — | |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | 1 | — | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | |
| (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | |
| TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | — | 2 | — | — |
| (34) Chorea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| (35) Other conditions | 1 | 17 | 2 | 5 | |
| Defor- mities | (36) Rickets | — | — | — | 1 |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 33 | 11 | 10 | — | |
| (38) Other Forms | 158 | 132 | 87 | 8 | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 22 | 157 | 710 | 33 | |
| Total number of defects | 775 | 1370 | 2217 | 354 | |