London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Leyton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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147
Brought forward 469
Corneal opacities 6
Defective vision 37
Squint 9
Other eye conditions 171
Defective hearing 24
Otitis media 43
Other ear diseases 206
Chronic tonsiiitis 74
Adenoids 6
Chronic tonsiiitis and adenoids 93
Other throat conditions 100
Enlarged cervical glands 62
Organic heart disease 11
Functional heart disease 13
Malnutrition 61
Uncleanliness—Head 366
Anaemia 101
Bronchitis 72
Tuberculosis—Glands 1
Tuberculosis—Bones 2
Other non-tuberculous diseases of lungs 45
Epilepsy 7
Chorea 7
Other nervous diseases 34
Other deformities 63
Rheumatism 38
Debility 676
Defective speech 1
Miscellaneous (minor injuries, septic sores, etc.) 871
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary 1
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary (suspected) 5
3,675