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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 Tre atmnt. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under obser vation but not requiring Treatment. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | ||
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | — | 1 | 3 | 11 | — | — | — | — | |
| 21) Defective Speech | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Heart Disease: | |||||||||
| Heart and Circulation | (22) Organic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| (23) Functional | — | 3 | I | 9 | — | — | — | — | |
| (24) Anaemia | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Pulmonary:— | |||||||||
| 1 1 | (27) Definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (28) Suspected | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tuber- Non-Pulinonary :— | |||||||||
| culosis i | (29) Glands ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (34) Chorea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (35) Other Conditions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Defor- | mities ( | (36) Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (38) Other Forms | 2 | 42 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding defects of Nutrition, Un-cleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 10 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Total | 24 | 110 | 43 | 107 | — | — | — | — | |