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.—
Defect or Disease | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects | No. of Defects | ||||
Requiring Treatment | Requiring observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring observation | ||
Brought forward | 241 | 227 | 1718 | 374 | |
Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | - | - | 53 | - |
(26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 13 | 6 | 206 | 27 | |
Tuberculosis | Pulmonary: | ||||
(27) Definite | — | — | — | — | |
(28) Suspected | - | - | - | 10 | |
Non-Pulmonary: | |||||
(29) Glands | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
(30) Bones and joints | - | - | - | — | |
(31) Skin | - | 1 | - | — | |
(32) Other forms | — | — | — | — | |
Total (Heads 29 to 32) | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
(34) Chorea | - | 1 | 17 | 8 | |
(35) Other conditions | 16 | 13 | 22 | 3 | |
Deformities | (36) Rickets | - | - | - | — |
(37) Spinal Curvature | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
(38) Other forms | 26 | 16 | 17 | 39 | |
(39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition Uncleanliness and Dental Disease) | 98 | 21 | 1196 | 389 | |
Total | 404 | 289 | 3235 | 859 |