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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
Bromley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE II.
A. —Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1935.
| Defect or Disease | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects | No. of Defects | ||||
| Requiring Treatment | Requiring observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring observation | ||
| Skin | (1) Ringworm—Scalp | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| (2) „ Body | 2 | — | 33 | 1 | |
| (3) Scabies | 2 | — | 22 | 1 | |
| (4) Impetigo | 2 | — | 89 | — | |
| (5) Other Diseases (non-tuberculous) | 20 | 12 | 305 | 5 | |
| Total (Heads 1 to 6) | 27 | 12 | 450 | 7 | |
| Eye | (6) Blepharitis | 5 | 1 | 3 | — |
| (7) Conjunctivitis | 2 | — | 50 | 1 | |
| (8) Keratitis | — | — | — | — | |
| (9) Corneal Opacities | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| (10) Other conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) | 3 | 2 | 104 | — | |
| Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 12 | 3 | 158 | 1 | |
| (11) Defective Vision (excluding squint) | 154 | 46 | 74 | 12 | |
| 1(12) Squint | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | |
| Ear | (13) Defective hearing | 6 | 4 | 5 | — |
| (14) Otitis Media | 4 | — | 86 | — | |
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | 2 | 1 | 93 | 7 | |
| Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | 68 | 211 | 98 | 26 |
| (17) Adenoids only | 12 | 19 | 5 | 7 | |
| (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 47 | 63 | 191 | 88 | |
| (19) Other conditions | 32 | 45 | 140 | 12 | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous)... | 13 | 106 | 38 | 11 | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 3 | 3 | —_ | 1 | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease: | ||||
| (22) Organic | 5 | 13 | 7 | — | |
| (23) Functional | 5 | 25 | 41 | 9 | |
| (24) Anaemia | 12 | 5 | 16 | 4 | |
| Carried forward | 406 | 559 | 1405 | 185 | |