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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Defects noted at periodic medical inspections (whether or not they were already under treatment or observation) are analysed below:
Defect or Disease | Requiring | |
---|---|---|
Treatment | Observation | |
Skin | 71 | 138 |
Eyes: | ||
(a) Vision | 456 | 363 |
(b) Squint | 61 | 33 |
(c) Other | 8 | 19 |
Ears: | ||
(a) Hearing | 25 | 60 |
(b) Otitis Media | 9 | 77 |
(c) Other | 9 | 8 |
Nose and throat | 31 | 296 |
Speech | 66 | 59 |
Lymphatic Glands | 17 | 96 |
Heart | 1 | 76 |
Lungs | 22 | 139 |
Development: | ||
(a) Hernia | 5 | 12 |
(b) Other | 5 | 122 |
Orthopaedic: | ||
(a) Posture | 51 | 110 |
(b) Feet | 114 | 156 |
(c) Other | 28 | 86 |
Nervous System: | ||
fa) Epilepsy | 25 | 18 |
(b) Other | 9 | 43 |
Psychological: | ||
(a) Development | 7 | 128 |
(b) Stability | 10 | 161 |
Abdomen | 4 | 32 |
Other | 47 | 103 |
Total: 3416 | 1081 | 2335 |
Children with defects noted at periodic or special medical
inspections are reinspected at appropriate intervals by the school medical
officers. The number of such reinspections carried out was 1,097.