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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 21.—Corresponding to Table 2 of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical
Tables.
A.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31 st December, 1936.
| Defect or Disease (i) | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of Defects | No of Defects | ||||
| Requiring treatment (2) | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment 13) | Requiring treatment W | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment (5) | ||
| (1) Ringworm- Scalp | 2 | - | 3 | - | |
| (2) ,, Body | - | - | 10 | - | |
| Skin | (3) Scabies | 1 | - | 106 | - |
| (4) Impetigo | 1 | - | 159 | - | |
| (5) Other Diseases (non-tuberculous) | 44 | 3 | 1,178 | - | |
| Total (Heads 1 to 5) | 48 | 3 | 1,456 | - | |
| (6) Blepharitis | 17 | - | 79 | - | |
| (7) Conjunctivitis | 6 | - | 150 | - | |
| (8) Keratitis | - | - | 1 | - | |
| (9) Corneal Opacities | - | - | - | - | |
| (10) Other Conditions (excluding De | - | - | - | - | |
| fective Vision and Squint) | 9 | 1 | 109 | - | |
| Eye i | Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 32 | 1 | 339 | - |
| (11) Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 353 | 54 | 211 | - | |
| (12) Squint | 33 | 6 | 82 | ||
| Spectacles broken | - | - | 271 | - | |
| Spectacles lost | - | - | 24 | - | |
| (13) Defective Hearing | 2 | 3 | 17 | - | |
| Ear | (14) Otitis Media | - | - | 161 | - |
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | 31 | - | 139 | - | |
| (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | 369 | 255 | 127 | - | |
| Nose and | (17) Adenoids only | 39 | 11 | 27 | - |
| Throat | (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 40 | 17 | 280 | - |
| (19) Other Conditions | 51 | 20 | 295 | - | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous) | 6 | 9 | 130 | - | |
| (21) Defective Speech | - | 2 | 3 | - | |
| Heart Disease:- | - | - | - | - | |
| Heart and | (22) Organic | -- | 2 | 2 | - |
| Circulation | (23) Functional | 2 | 338 | 11 | - |
| (24) Anaemia | 8 | 2 | 14 | - | |
| "(25) Bronchitis | 15 | - | 36 | - | |
| Lungs | (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 3 | 9 | 6 | - |
| Pulmonary :- | - | ||||
| (27) Definite | - | - | - | - | |
| (28) Suspected | - | - | 4 | - | |
| Non-Pulmonary :- | - | - | - | - | |
| (29) Glands | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Tbercul'sis | (30) Bones and Joints | - | - | - | - |
| (31) Skin | - | - | - | - | |
| (32) Other Forms | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Suspected-Glands | - | - | - | - | |
| „ Bones and Joints | - | - | - | - | |
| „ Other Forms | - | - | - | ||
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | - | - | 2 | ||
| (33) Epilepsy | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Nervous | (34) Chorea | - | - | 7 | - |
| System | (35) Other Conditions | 1 | 4 | 8 | - |
| (36) Rickets | - | - | - | - | |
| Deformities | (37) Spinal Curvature | 40 | 6 | 34 | - |
| (38) Other Forms | 176 | 43 | 102 | - | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects | - | - | - | - | |
| _ of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 201 | 75 | 2,438 | - | |
| Total Number of Defects | 1,450 | 861 | 6,227 | - | |