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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
Wembley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection during the Year—Contd.
| Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | |||
| Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. | |
| a) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Heart and circulation:— | ||||
| Heart disease:— | ||||
| Organic | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Functional | 3 | 13 | - | - |
| Anaemia | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Lungs:— | ||||
| Bronchitis | — | 5 | - | 3 |
| Other non-tuberculous diseases | 5 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||
| Pulmonary:— | ||||
| Definite | — | — | - | - |
| Suspected | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| N on-pulmonary:— | ||||
| Glands | — | — | - | — |
| Bones and joints | — | — | - | - |
| Skin | — | — | - | - |
| Other forms | — | — | - | - |
| Nervous system:.— | ||||
| Epilepsy | — | — | — | - |
| Chorea | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other conditions | 4 | 2 | - | |
| Deformities:— | ||||
| Rickets | - | — | — | — |
| Spinal curvature | 6 | 1 | — | - |
| Other forms | 50 | 55 | 11 | — |
| Other defects and diseases | 18 | 23 | 13 | 9 |
| Totals | 296 | 199 | 123 | 14 |