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 Ilford]
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Table B shows the same figures for Ilford for 1936, those
for the country generally not yet being available.
TABLE B.
Defect. | ILFORD. | |
---|---|---|
Incidence of defects per 1,000 requiring treatment. 1936. | Incidence of defects per 1,000 under observation. 1936. | |
Skin Diseases | 6.6 | 11.4 |
Defects of Vision | 51.5* | 29.9* |
Squint | 5.3 | 3.1 |
Other Eye Diseases | 6.7 | 3.8 |
Defects of Hearing | 1.3 | 1.8 |
Otitis Media | 3.3 | 0.8 |
Chronic Tonsillitis | 2.5 | 62.8 |
Adenoids | 0.07 | 2.4 |
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 2.9 | 5.8 |
Other Nose and Throat | 4.4 | 6.4 |
Defects of Speech | 0.4 | 6.5 |
Organic Heart Disease | 1.2 | 3.6 |
Pulmonary T.B.— | ||
— | — | |
— | 0.13 | |
Non-Pulmonary T.B. | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Epilepsy | 0.13 | 0.93 |
Chorea | 0.13 | 0.53 |
Other Nervous Conditions | 0.8 | 8.1 |
Deformities— | ||
Rickets | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Spinal | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Other Forms | 24.9 | 19.4 |
* In calculating this figure, the entrants have been left out of account.