London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE II.—continued.
| 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) | 31 | 160 | 40 | — | |
| (21) Defective Speech | 3 | 32 | 12 | 77 | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease: | ||||
| (22) Organic | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | |
| (23) Functional | 2 | 46 | — | — | |
| (24) Anaemia | 7 | 13 | 45 | — | |
| Dungs | (25) Bronchitis | 20 | 60 | 77 | 3 |
| (26) Other Non-Tuber-culous Diseases | 5 | 9 | 4 | — | |
| Tuber-ulosis | Pulmonary:— | ||||
| (27) Definite | — | 1 | — | — | |
| (28) Suspected | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Non-Pulmonary:— | |||||
| (29) Glands | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | |
| (32) Other Forms | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | |
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | 2 | 6 | — | 4 | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| (34) Chorea | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | |
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | |
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | — | 18 | 1 | — |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| < (38) Other Forms | 33 | 43 | 15 | 3 | |
| 39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition, Un-cleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 196 | 101 | 764 | 57 | |
| Total | 790 | 1080 | 2469 | 166 | |