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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
Kingston upon Thames 1938
[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 December, 1938.
| Defect or Disease | Routine Inspec. | Special Inspec. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects. | No, of Defects. | |||||
| Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring T reatment. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring Treatment. | |||
| Skin | (1) | Ringworm, Scalp | – | – | 6 | – |
| (2) | Body | – | – | 8 | – | |
| (3) | Scabies | l | – | 17 | – | |
| (4) | Impetigo | 4 | – | 71 | – | |
| (5) | Other Diseases (Non-Tub.) | 7 | l | 363 | – | |
| TOTAL (Heads 1 to 5) | 12 | l | 465 | – | ||
| Eye | (6) | Blepharitis | 1 | l | 15 | – |
| (7) | Conjunctivitis | 2 | — | 25 | – | |
| (8) | Keratitis | — | — | – | – | |
| (9) | Corneal Opacities | — | — | – | – | |
| (10), | Other Conditions (exclud. Def've Vision and Squint) | 3 | — | 36 | – | |
| TOTAL (Heads 6 to 10) | 6 | l | 76 | |||
| Ear | (11) | Def've Vision (exc. Squint) | 51 | 6 | 26 | – |
| (12) | Squint | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | |
| (13) | Defective Hearing | 3 | 2 | 3 | _ | |
| (14) | Otitis Media | – | 2 | – | – | |
| (15) | Other Ear Diseases | 7 | 3 | 40 | 1 | |
| Nose & Throat | (16) | Chronic Tonsillitis only | 43 | 100 | 39 | 5 |
| (17) | Adenoids only | – | 4 | 4 | — | |
| (18) | ChronicTonsil.& Adenoids | 4 | 4 | 20 | 1 | |
| (19) | Other Conditions | 6 | 2 | 118 | 1 | |
| (20) | Enarged Cervical Glands(non-Tb) | 46 | 67 | 46 | 3 | |
| (21) | Defective Speech | 2 | 1 | 8 | – | |
| Heart Disease: | ||||||
| Heart and Circulation | (22) | Organic | 6 | 4 | – | – |
| (23) | Functional | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | |
| (24) | Anaemia | 53 | 3 | 6 | — | |