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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table II. A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1936.
| K Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | |||||||
| Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||
| Skin | Ringworm : | |||||||
| (1) Scalp | — | — | — | — | ||||
| (2) Body | I | — | 15 | — | ||||
| (3) Scabies | 2 | — | 34 | — | ||||
| (4) Impetigo | 6 | — | 176 | — | ||||
| (5) Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 41 | 86 | 455 | 1 | ||||
| Total (Heads 1 to 5) | 50 | 86 | 680 | 1 | ||||
| Eye | (6) Blepharitis | 34 | 6 | 30 | — | |||
| (7) Conjunctivitis | 5 | — | 65 | — | ||||
| (8) Keratitis | 1 | – | 2 | – | ||||
| (9) Corneal Opacities | – | – | – | — | ||||
| (10) Other Conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint | 10 | 22 | 172 | 1 | ||||
| Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 50 | 28 | 269 | 1 | ||||
| (11) Defective Vision | 290 | 303 | 252 | 3 | ||||
| .(12) Squint | 40 | 23 | 12 | – | ||||
| Ear | (13) Defective Hearing | 10 | 13 | 39 | — | |||
| (14) Otitis Media | 25 | 6 | 86 | – | ||||
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | 6 | 19 | 71 | 1 | ||||
| Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | 19 | 473 | 46 | 1 | |||
| (17) Adenoids only | 5 | 18 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 22 | 44 | 112 | – | ||||
| (19) Other Conditions | 33 | 48 | 380 | 5 | ||||
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous | 3 | 102 | 13 | 2 | ||||
| (21) Defective Speech | 3 | 49 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease : | |||||||
| (22) Organic | 9 | 27 | – | — | ||||
| (23) Functional | 2 | 63 | – | – | ||||
| (24) Anaemia | 4 | 63 | 28 | 1 | ||||
| Lungs | * (25) Bronchitis | 30 | 178 | 252 | 5 | |||
| (26) Other Non - Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||
| Tuber culosis | Pulmonary : | |||||||
| (27) Definite | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| (28) Suspected | — | 1 | 4 | — | ||||
| Non-Pulmonary | ||||||||
| (29) Glands | — | 4 | 2 | — | ||||
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | 2 | — | ||||
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | ||||
| _ (32) Other Forms | 2 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | 2 | 9 | 4 | — | ||||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 1 | 7 | — | — | |||
| (34) Chorea | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | ||||
| (35) Other Conditions | 6 | 61 | 118 | 6 | ||||
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | 2 | 2 | — | — | |||
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 6 | 2 | 6 | — | ||||
| (38) Other Forms | 188 | 146 | 100 | 8 | ||||
| (39) Other defects and diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 99 | 335 | 1,198 | 29 | ||||
| Total | 908 | 2,118 | 3,690 | 68 | ||||