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 inspection (whether or not they were already under treatment or observation) are analysed below:
Defect or Disease | Requiring | |
---|---|---|
Treatment | Observation | |
Skin | 75 | 85 |
Eyes: | ||
(a) Vision | 311 | 306 |
(b) Squint | 42 | 36 |
(c) Other | 2 | 11 |
Ears: | ||
(a) Hearing | 12 | 100 |
(b) Otitis Media | 15 | 87 |
(c) Other | 7 | 2 |
Nose and Throat | 41 | 219 |
Speech | 44 | 60 |
Lymphatic Glands | 16 | 81 |
Heart | 1 | 65 |
Lungs | 16 | 129 |
Development: | ||
(a) Hernia | - | 13 |
(b) Other | 7 | 66 |
Orthopaedic: | ||
19 | 65 | |
(b) Feet | 56 | 102 |
(c) Other | 29 | 53 |
Nervous System: | ||
(a) Epilepsy | 19 | 22 |
(b) Other | 6 | 24 |
Psychological: | ||
(a) Development | 4 | 92 |
(b) Stability | 12 | 180 |
Abdomen | 9 | 21 |
Other | 45 | 49 |
Total: 2656 | 788 | 1868 |
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 1210.