Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |