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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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126
Brought forward 928
Defective vision 109
Squint 14
Other eye conditions 211
Defective hearing 25
Otitis media 114
Other ear diseases 187
Chronic tonsilitis 125
Adenoids 22
Chronic tonsilitis and adenoids 45
Other throat conditions 206
Enlarged cervical glands 104
Organic heart disease 26
Functional heart disease 17
Malnutrition 307
Uncleanliness—Head 343
Anaemia 118
Bronchitis 154
Tuberculosis—Bones 4
„ Glands 8
„ Other forms 1
Other non-tuberculous diseases of lungs 57
Epilepsy 6
Chorea 25
Other nervous diseases 101
Rickets 1
Spinal Curvature 4
Other deformities 192
Rheumatism 90
Debility 918
Defective speech 9
Miscellaneous (minor injuries, septic sores, etc.) 1,503
5,976