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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DEFECTS FOUNd BY PERIODIC AND SPECIAL MEDLCAL INSPECTIONS MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | SPECIAL INSPECTION | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ENTRANTS | LEAVERS | OTHERS | TOTAL | ||||
(1) | (2) | ||||||
4 | Skin | T | 92 | 93 | 267 | 13 | |
20 | 37 | 34 | 91 | 23 | |||
5 | Eyes - a. Vision | T | 209 | 275 | 213 | ||
547 | 160 | 720 | 1427 | 204 | |||
b. Squint | T | 27 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 2 | |
4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | – | |||
c. Other | T | 9 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 1 | |
5 | 15 | – | |||||
Ears - a. Hearing | T | 30 | 20 | 58 | 39 | ||
122 | 180 | 330 | |||||
b. Otitis Media | T | 35 | – | 43 | 2 | ||
20 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 1 | |||
c. Other | T | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |
3 | 6 | 9 | |||||
7 | Nose and Throat | T | 119 | 22 | 47 | 188 | 13 |
93 | 19 | 60 | 177 | 12 | |||
8 | Speech | T | 37 | 3 | 22 | 62 | 27 |
55 | 3 | 10 | 68 | 13 | |||
9 | Lymphatic Glands | T | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
58 | 3 | 19 | 80 | 4 | |||
10 | Heart | T | 22 | 1 | |||
24 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 4 | |||
11 | Lungs | T | 56 | 14 | 16 | 86 | 10 |
24 | 15 | 35 | 84 | 4 | |||
12 | Developmental -a. Hernia | ||||||
T | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 2 | ||
6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
b. Other | T | 7 | 31 | 50 | 10 | ||
46 | 33 | 40 | 119 | 19 | |||
13 | Orthopaedic - a. Posture | ||||||
T | 11 | 21 | 1 | 33 | 4 | ||
27 | 55 | 58 | 140 | 1 | |||
b. Feet | T | 43 | 34 | 47 | 124 | 21 | |
54 | 44 | 41 | 139 | 3 | |||
c. Other | T | 17 | 28 | 19 | 64 | ||
25 | 16 | 19 | 60 | 5 | |||
14 | Nervous System - a. Epilepsy | ||||||
T | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | ||
8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||||
b. Other | T | 5 | 19 | 4 | |||
19 | 13 | 24 | 56 | 7 | |||
15 | Psychological - a. Development | ||||||
T | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | |||
18 | 8 | 45 | 71 | 10 | |||
b. Stability | T | 13 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 15 | |
83 | 55 | 143 | 281 | 12 | |||
16 | Abdomen | T | 19 | 13 | 4 | 36 | 7 |
5 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 5 | |||
17 | Other | T | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | |
9 | 25 | 42 | 76 | 10 |
T = Treatment
O = Observation
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