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, 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 |