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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| 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 | 2 |
| (2) „ Body | 1 | — | 4 | — | |
| (3) Scabies | — | — | 11 | — | |
| (4) Impetigo | — | — | 158 | — | |
| (5) Other Diseases (non-tuberculous) | 8 | — | 498 | 19 | |
| Total (Heads 1 to 5) | 9 | - | 672 | 21 | |
| Eye | (6) Blepharitis | 4 | — | 23 | 1 |
| (7) Conjunctivitis | — | — | 57 | 2 | |
| (8) Keratitis | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (9) Corneal Opacities | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| (10) Other conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) | 2 | 1 | 109 | 3 | |
| Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 6 | 1 | 191 | 7 | |
| (11) Defective Vision (excluding squint) | 97 | 65 | 88 | 23 | |
| (12) Squint | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| Ear | (13) Defective hearing | 2 | — | 7 | 5 |
| (14) Otitis Media | 8 | 1 | 71 | 3 | |
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | 2 | 1 | 79 | 6 | |
| Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | 15 | 53 | 131 | 106 |
| (17) Adenoids only | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 59 | 56 | 206 | 94 | |
| (19) Other conditions | 14 | 20 | 175 | 35 | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous) | 8 | 4 | 50 | 28 | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Heart Disease: | |||||
| Heart and Circulation | (22) Organic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| (23) Functional | 4 | 17 | 16 | 17 | |
| (24) Anæmia | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| Carried forward | 241 | 227 | 1718 | 374 | |