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 Leyton]
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90
CASES AS TO WHOM RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
FORWARDED TO PARENTS TO SEEK MEDICAL
TREATMENT, WITH RESULTS.
NEW CASES.
Treated. | Untreated. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Defects. | Cured. | Improved. | Unchanged | Improved. | Unchanged | Left. | Absent. | Total. |
Enlarged Tonsils | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 53 |
Tonsils and Adenoids | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Adenoids and Mouth Breathers | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 |
Post-Nasal Catarrh and Obstruction | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 |
Enlarged Glands of Neck | ... | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 11 |
Otorrhea and Deafness | ... | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
Defective Vision | 13 | ... | 4 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 43 |
Squint | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
Blepharitis, etc. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 10 |
Heart Disease | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Anaemia | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Bronchitis and Suspected Phthisis | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
Carious Teeth | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
Phthisis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
Tubercular Joints and Spine | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 |
Tubercular Glands . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
Lupus | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Eczema | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Urticaria | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Seborrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Hernia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Torticollis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Kyphosis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Obstruction of tear duct | ... | ...... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Malnutrition | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Enlarged Bursa | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
43 | 29 | 25 | 37 | 99 | 31 | 35 | 299 |