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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 1937
[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 (NonTuberculous) | 13 | 136 | 33 | - | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease; | ||||
| ( (22) Organic | 3 | 4 | 8 | _ | |
| (23) Functional | 6 | 26 | 6 | - | |
| ( (24) Anaemia | 6 | 10 | 40 | ~ | |
| Lungs | ((25) Bronchitis | 27 | 48 | 80 | — |
| (26) Other Non-Tuber culous Diseases | — | 4 | 2 | — | |
| Pulmonary:- | |||||
| (27) Definite | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| (28) Suspected | — | 1 | 5 | — | |
| Tuber-ulosis | Non-Pulmonary :— | ||||
| (29) Glands | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | 1 | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | _ | - | - | |
| (32) Other Forms | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | - | - | - | - |
| (34) Chorea | 3 | 3 | 12 | - | |
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | |
| Deformities | ( (36) Rickets | _ | 2 | _ | _ |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 15 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| ((38) Other Forms | 13 | 49 | 22 | - | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition, Un-cleanliness and Dental Diseases | 202 | 142 | 1591 | 75 | |
| Total | 858 | 1598 | 3094 | 101 | |