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 Hendon]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE II—continued.
Defect or Disease. | Boutine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | ||||
Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. | Requiring Treatment. | Bequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
(20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non—Tuberculous) | 1 | 107 | 2 | 127 | |
(21) Defective Speech | 26 | 15 | 51 | 2 | |
Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease:— | ||||
(22) Organic | — | 6 | — | 3 | |
(23) Functional | — | 37 | — | 15 | |
(24) Anæmia | — | 21 | — | 7 | |
Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 1 | 11 | — | 3 |
(26) Other Non—Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
Tuberculosis | Pulmonarv:— | ||||
(27) Definite | — | — | — | — | |
(28) Suspected | — | — | — | — | |
Non—Pulmonary:— | |||||
(29) Glands | — | — | — | — | |
(30) Bonos and Joints | — | — | — | — | |
(31) Skin | — | — | — | — | |
(32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | |
TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | — | — | — | — | |
Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | — | 1 | — | — |
(34) Chorea | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
(35) Other conditions | 3 | 27 | 1 | 5 | |
Deformities | (36) Bickets | — | — | — | — |
(37) Spinal Curvature | 23 | 12 | 12 | 2 | |
(38) Other Forms | 90 | 70 | 79 | 8 | |
(39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 20 | 56 | 807 | 23 | |
Total number of defects | 622 | 840 | 2436 | 470 |