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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE II.—
| Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects | No. of Defects. | ||||
| Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| 20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 12 | 133 | 43 | - | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease : | ||||
| (22) Organic | 5 | 28 | 9 | - | |
| (23) Functional | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | |
| (24) Anaemia | 18 | 21 | 51 | - | |
| Lungs | ((25) Bronchitis | 38 | 126 | 112 | 4 |
| (26) Other Non-Tuber-culous Diseases | 2 | 13 | 4 | — | |
| Tuberulosis | Pulmonary :— | ||||
| (27) Definite | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (28) Suspected | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Non-Pulmonary :— | |||||
| (29) Glands | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | - | — | ||
| \ (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | |
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | ||
| (34) Chorea ...... | 4 | 2 | 14 | — | |
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | |
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 9 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| ((38) Other Forms | 7 | 45 | 20 | 2 | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases... | 121 | 76 | 1581 | 94 | |
| Total | 832 | 1551 | 3273 | 139 | |