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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE II.
A RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DEC., 1928.
Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspec. | Special Inspec. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | ||||
Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring Treatment. | ||
Malnutrition | - | - | - | - | |
Uncleanliness- | 144 | - | 508 | - | |
Skin | Ringworm, Scalp | - | - | 19 | - |
Body | - | - | 29 | - | |
Scabies | - | - | 5 | - | |
Impetigo | 6 | - | 317 | - | |
Other diseases (non Tb) | 10 | I | 201 | - | |
Eye | Blepharitis | - | - | I | - |
Conjunctivitis | - | - | 7 | - | |
Keratitis | - | - | - | - | |
Corneal Opacities | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Defect, vision exc Squint | 24 | 11 | 59 | - | |
Squint | 14 | 10 | - | ||
Other Conditions | 2 | 2 | 14 | - | |
Ear | Defective Hearing | 2 | - | 7 | - |
Otitis Media | 2 | I | 1 | - | |
Other Ear Diseases | 2 | 2 | 31 | - | |
Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils only | 42 | 12 | *3 | - |
Adenoids only | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 10 | 1 | 9 | - | |
Other Conditions | 4 | - | 55 | - | |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (nou Tb) | 7 | 8 | *9 | 1 | |
Defective Speech | - | 2 | - | ||
Teeth—Dental Diseases | - | - | - | ||
Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease—Organic Functional Anaemia | 4 3 | 6 2 | 3 | - |
Lungs | Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | 4 | - |
Other non Tb. Diseases | I | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
Tuberculosis | Pulmonary—Definite | - | - | 1 | - |
Suspected | - | 1 | - | - | |
Non-Pulmonary-Glands | - | - | 2 | - | |
Spine | - | - | - | - | |
Hip | - | - | - | 1 | |
Other Bones & Joints | - | - | - | - | |
Skin .. | - | - | - | - | |
Other Forms | - | - | - | - | |
Nervous System | Epilepsy Chorea Other Conditions | - | 1 | 3 | - |
- | 2 1 | 4 1 | 1 | ||
Deformities | Rickets | 4 | 1 | 2 | - |
Spinal Curvature | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
Other Forms | 6 | - | 15 | - | |
Other Defccts and Diseases | 24 | 22 | 366 | 3 |