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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 1937
[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, 1937.
| 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) „ Body | — | - | 4 | — | |
| (3) Scabies | 1 | - | 18 | — | |
| (4) Impetigo | — | — | 127 | 2 | |
| (5) Other Diseases (non-tuberculous) | 10 | 2 | 506 | 11 | |
| Total (Heads 1 to 6) | 11 | 2 | 656 | 13 | |
| Eye | (6) Blepharitis | 6 | 3 | 19 | _ |
| (7) Conjunctivitis | — | — | 78 | 2 | |
| (8) Keratitis | |||||
| (9) Corneal Opacities | — | — | 3 | — | |
| (10) Other conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) | 3 | — | 102 | 4 | |
| Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 9 | 3 | 202 | 6 | |
| (11) Defective Vision (excluding squint) | 164 | 141 | 103 | 43 | |
| (12) Squint | 8 | - | 24 | 2 | |
| Ear | (13) Defective hearing | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 |
| (14) Otitis Media | 8 | — | 100 | 9 | |
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | 3 | 1 | 123 | 13 | |
| Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | 6 | 135 | 176 | 78 |
| (17) Adenoids only | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 61 | 103 | 255 | 100 | |
| .(19) Other conditions | 23 | 10 | 224 | 37 | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous) . | 1 | 11 | 55 | 20 | |
| (21)Defective Speech | — | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| Heart Disease: | |||||
| Heart and Circulation | (22) Organic | i | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| (23) Functional | 1 | 30 | 16 | 4 | |
| (24) Anaemia | 11 | - | 9 | - | |
| Carried forward | 315 | 451 | 1985 | 349 | |