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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

Willesden 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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65
Table No. 39.
Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection of Ailing
Children at the Schools.
Total No. of ailing children examined at the Schools 1,757
Total No. of defects or diseases found 2,286
Total No. of defects or diseases referred for treatment 1,743
Total No. of defects or diseases requiring to be kept under observation
but not referred for treatment 0

Table: Details.

Details.

Defect or Disease.No. found to be sufferingNo. referred for treatment
Malnutrition512
Uncleanliness:
Head245232
Body6223
SkinRingworm :
Head66
Body00
Scabies1010
Impetigo8377
Other Disease199
EyeDefective Vision and Squint601553
External Eye Disease165152
EarDefective Hearing5047
Ear Disease146127
TeethDental Disease256133
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils8673
Adenoids8257
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids3939
Defective Speech141
Heart Disease :
Heart and CirculationOrganic2012
Functional212
Anaemia5744
LungsPulmonary Tuberculosis :
Definite11
Suspected109
Chronic Bronchitis81
Other Diseases00
Nervous SystemEpilepsy00
Chorea33
Other Diseases Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis :30
Glands10
Bones and Joints10
Other Forms00
Rickets52
Deformities329
Other Defects or Diseases209119
Total2,2861,743