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 IX.—
Defect or Disease. (1) | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | ||||||||
Requiring Treatment. (2) | Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Trea tmnt. (3) | Requiring Treatment. (4) | Requiring to be kept under obser vation but not requiring Treatment. (5) | ||||||
(20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
— | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
(21) Defective Speech | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
Heart Disease : | |||||||||
Heart and Circulation | (22) Organic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(23) Functional | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | |
(24) Anaemia | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(26) Other Non-Tuber-culous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Tuberculosis | Pulmonary :— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(27) Definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(28) Suspected | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Non-Pulmonary:— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(29) Glands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(30) Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(31) Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total (Heads 29 to 32) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nervous System | ( (33) Epilepsy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(34) Chorea | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
( (35) Other Conditions | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | |
Deformities | (36) Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(37) Spinal Curvature . | |||||||||
(38) Other Forms | 1 | — | 4 | 34 | — | — | — | — | |
(39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition, Un-cleanliness and Dental Diseases | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | |
Total | 29 | 31 | 36 | 79 | — | — | — | — |