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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

East Ham 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: TABLE 11.A. --A Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in thf. Year Ended 31st December, 1928.

TABLE 11.

A. --A Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in thf. Year Ended 31st December, 1928.

Defect or Disease. (1)Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
No. of Defects.No. of Defects
(2) Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept underobservation,but (3) not requiring Treatment.(4) Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept (5)underobservation,but not requiring Treatment.
Malnutrition375223
Uncleanliness : (See Table IV., Group V.)————
Ringworm :
SkinScalp3161—
Body——36—
Scabies1—16—
Impetigo27244272
lOther Diseases (non- Tuberculous)20492538
EyefBlepharitis4954—
Conjunctivitis2257—
Keratitis——1—
Corneal Opacities——2—
Defective vision (excluding Squint)2367342122
Squint2518553
Other conditions615776
EarDefective Hearing1812331
Otitis Media1311
Other Ear Diseases491021862
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils only84867232
Adenoids only3962336
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids333581502
.Other conditions2912011512
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non- Tuberculous)10868245