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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
Ilford 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE VI.— Summary Relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the Year
1920.
| (1) The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections | 5,363 | |
| (2) The number of children in (1) suffering from— | ||
| Malnutrition | 1 | |
| Skin Disease | 95 | |
| Defective Vision (including Squint) | 574 | |
| Eye Disease | 16 | |
| Defective Hearing | 37 | |
| Ear Disease | 20 | |
| Nose and Throat Disease | 308 | |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | 12 | |
| Defective Speech | 5 | |
| Dental Disease | 441 | |
| Heart Disease— | ||
| Organic | 20 | |
| Functional | 3 | |
| Anæmia | 6 | |
| Lung Disease (non-tubercular) | 38 | |
| Tuberculosis— | ||
| Pulmonary | definite | - |
| suspected | 6 | |
| Non-pulmonary | 3 | |
| Disease of the Nervous System | 4 | |
| Deformities | 1 | |
| Other defects and diseases | 37 | |
| (3) The number of children in (1) suffering from defects (other than uncleanliness or defective clothing or footgear) who require to be kept under observation (but not referred for treatment) | 21 | |
| (4) The number of children in (1) who were referred for treatment (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.) | 1,555 | |
| (5) The number of children in (4) who received treatment for one or more defects (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.) | 1,407 | |