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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The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the Clinics
during the year:—
Subnormal Nutrition 192
Uneleanliness:—
Head 247
Skin:—
Ringworm:—
Head . 7
Body ■ ■ 12
Scabies •• 217
Impetigo •. 140
Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) 404
Eye:—
Blepharitis ■■ 24
Conjunctivitis 31
Keratitis
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 230
Squint 6
Other conditions 55
Ear:—
Defective Hearing 19
OtitiB Media . - 37
Other Ear Diseases 54
Nose and Throat:—
Chronic Tonsillitis only 37
Adenoids only . • • • 2
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids 65
Other conditions 172
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) 9
Defective Speech 3
Teeth—Dental Diseases 218
Heart and Circulation:—
Functional 2
Organic 1
Anaemia -• •• 35
Infectious Diseases:—
Measles ■ • • • ■ • • • 1
Whooping Cough 6
Chicken Pox 3
Mumps 4
Colds 120
Influenza . • 9
Lungs:—
Asthma •. • • • • 9
Bronchitis 53
Other Non-Tubercular Diseases 3
Tuberculosis:—
Pulmonary—Definite 1
,, Suspected (Referred to T.B. officer.) 3
Nervous System:—
Epilepsy
Nervous Debility 1
Habit Spasm 2
Chorea • • • • 4
Other conditions 12