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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| 13. Defective Hearing | 1 | — |
| 14. Otitis Media | 1 | — |
| 15. Other Ear Diseases | 3 | 1 |
| 16. Chronic Tonsilitis only | 21 | 68 |
| f 17. Adenoids only | 2 | 5 |
| 18. Chronic Tonsilitis and Adenoids | 23 | 2 |
| 19. Other Conditions | 15 | 1 |
| . 20. Enlarged cervical glands (non-tuberculous) | 1 | 7 |
| 21. Defective speech | 1 | — |
| 22. Organic | 2 | 1 |
| 23. Functional | 2 | 17 |
| 24. Anaemia | 3 | — |
| U 25. Bronchitis | 4 | — |
| 26. Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 4 | 2 |
| Tube culosis. Pulmonary: — | ||
| 27. Definite | — | — |
| 23. Suspected | 1 | 1 |
| Nou-Pulmonary: — | ||
| 29. Glands | — | — |
| 30. Bones and Joints | — | — |
| 31. Skin | — | — |
| , 32. Other Forms | 4 | 5 |
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | 4 | 5 |
| 3J Epilepsy | — | — |
| 34 Chorea | 1 | — |
| 35. Other Conditions | — | — |
| 36 Rickets | 1 | 1 |
| 37. Spinal Curvature | 7 | — |
| 38. Other Forms | 73 | 9 |
| Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Disease) | 29 | 16 |
| Totals | 378 | 178 |
The figure of 378 requiring treatment is not to be compared
w'th the figure 314 given in the previous table as there are some
children with more than one defect.
The nutritional state of children classified at routine
®spections at school is indicated in the following classification.
This return is not to be taken too literally as there are so many