London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
| Defect or Disease | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects | No. of Defects | ||||
| Requiring Treatment | Requiring observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring observation | ||
| Brought forward | 406 | 559 | 1405 | 185 | |
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 4 | — | 9 | — |
| (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 24 | 16 | 125 | 9 | |
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary: | ||||
| (27) Definite | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (28) Suspected | 1 | 3 | 31 | 3 | |
| Non-Pulmonary: | |||||
| (29) Glands | 1 | — | 5 | — | |
| (30) Bones and joints | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | 1 | — | — | |
| (32) Other forms | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| (34) Chorea | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | |
| (35) Other conditions | 17 | 38 | 21 | 5 | |
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | — | 6 | — | 15 |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 50 | 26 | 5 | 6 | |
| (38) Other forms | 87 | 60 | 43 | 8 | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 123 | 66 | 727 | 95 | |
| Total | 718 | 781 | 2380 | 326 | |