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 East Ham]
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Table II.—(
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
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Defective Speech | 4 | 41 | 3 | 7 | |
Teeth—Dental Diseases (see above) | See | Special | Dental | Report. | |
Heart and Circulation. | Heart Disease: Organic | 13 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
Functional | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
Anæmia | 59 | 37 | 39 | 6 | |
Lungs | Bronchitis | 28 | 21 | 8 | 5 |
Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | 33 | 15 | 19 | 33 | |
Tuberculosis | Pulmonary : | ||||
Definite | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | |
Suspected | 20 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
Non-Pulmonary: | |||||
Glands | 2 | 1 | - | — | |
Spine | — | — | - | — | |
Hip | — | — | - | — | |
Other Bones and Joints | - | - | - | — | |
Skin | — | — | - | — | |
Other Forms | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | |
Nervous System | Epilepsy | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Chorea | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Other Conditions | 1 | 38 | 23 | 83 | |
Deformities | Rickets | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Spinal Curvature | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
Other Forms | 3 | 10 | — | 3 | |
Other Defects and Diseases | 105 | 334 | 711 | 315 | |
Number of Individual Children having Defects which required Treatment or to be kept under observation. | 2351 | 1847 | 2204 | 921 |