Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Penge]
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Table II—Return of Defects found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1917.
Defect or Disease. | Number referred for treatment. | Code Groups. Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. | Number referred for treatment. | Specials. Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. |
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Malnutrition | 49 | 1 | ||
Uncleanliness : Head | 56 | 175 | 1 | |
Uncleanliness : Body | 177 | — | ||
Skin— | ||||
Ringworm : Head | 1 | — | 16 | |
Ringworm : Body | 1 | — | 7 | |
Scabies | 5 | — | 3 | |
Impetigo | 5 | — | 35 | |
Other Disease | 6 | 2 | 20 | |
Eye— | ||||
Defective Vision and Squint | 46 | 20 | ||
External Eye Disease | 4 | 12 | 12 | |
Ear— | ||||
Defective Hearing | 12 | 32 | — | |
Ear Disease | 3 | 16 | 5 | |
Nose and Throat— | ||||
Enlarged Tonsils | 27 | 1 | ||
Adenoids | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 17 | 7 | — | |
Defective Speech | 2 | 9 | — | |
Heart and Circulation— | ||||
Heart Disease: Organic | 3 | 9 | — | |
Heart Disease : Functional | 1 | 9 | — | |
Anaemia | 1 | 12 | — | |
Lungs— | ||||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Definite | — | — | — | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Suspected | — | — | — | |
Chronic Bronchitis | — | 2 | — | |
Other Disease | — | 3 | — | |
Nervous System— | ||||
Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Chorea | 1 | — | — | |
Other Disease | — | — | — | |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis : | ||||
Glands | 2 | — | 1 | |
Bones and Joints | 1 | — | 2 | |
Other Forms | — | — | — | |
Rickets | — | 16 | — | |
Deformities | 1 | 5 | — | |
Other Defects "or Diseases | 1 | 11 | — |