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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 1938
[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, 1938.
| Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects | No. of Defects | |||
| Requiring Treatment. | Requiring Observation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation. | ||
| Skin | (1) Ringworm—Scalp | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| (2) „ —Body | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | |
| (3) Scabies | 1 | .. | 24 | .. | |
| (4) Impetigo | 10 | .. | 62 | 3 | |
| (5) Other Diseases (Non-tuberculous) | 4 | .. | 405 | 8 | |
| Total (Heads 1 to 5) | 16 | .. | 495 | 11 | |
| Eye | (6) Blepharitis | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| (7) Conjunctivitis | .. | .. | 70 | .. | |
| (8) Keratitis | .. | .. | .. | ||
| (9) Corneal opacities | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |
| (10) Other conditions (excluding defective vision and squint) | .. | .. | 89 | 7 | |
| Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 2 | 1 | 180 | 10 | |
| (11) Defective Vision (excluding squint) | 150 | 106 | 69 | 70 | |
| (12) Squint | 7 | 2 | 9 | .. | |
| Ear | (13) Defective Hearing | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| (14) Otitis Media | .. | .. | 30 | 2 | |
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | 4 | 5 | 168 | 8 | |
| Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsilitis only | 15 | 162 | 75 | 55 |
| (17) Adenoids only | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| (18) Chronic Tonsilitis and Adenoids | 41 | 39 | 115 | 55 | |
| (19) Other Conditions | 24 | 16 | 187 | 21 | |
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous) | .. | 4 | 43 | 7 | |
| (21) Defective Speech | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | |
| Heart and Circula tion | Heart Disease:— (22) Organic | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 |
| (23) Functional | .. | 20 | 3 | 1 | |
| (24) Anaemia | 9 | 3 | 7 | .. | |
| Carried forward | 272 | 368 | 1410 | 274 | |