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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 1947
[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 | 1,308 |
| Debility | 20 |
| Uncleanliness:— | |
| Head | 332 |
| Body | 1 |
| Skin:— | |
| Ringworm:— | |
| Head | 4 |
| Body | 6 |
| Scabies | 43 |
| Impetigo | 131 |
| Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 175 |
| Eye:— | |
| Blepharitis | 27 |
| Conjunctivitis | 47 |
| Keratitis | 1 |
| Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 118 |
| Squint | 31 |
| Other conditions | 65 |
| Ear:— | |
| Defective Hearing | 26 |
| Otitis Media | 27 |
| Other Ear Diseases | 79 |
| Nose and Throat:— | |
| Chronic Tonsillitis only | 99 |
| Adenoids only | 5 |
| Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 67 |
| Nasal Catarrh | 60 |
| Sore Throat | 17 |
| Nasal Obstruction | 23 |
| Other conditions | 17 |
| Enlarged Cervical (Hands (Non-Tuberculous) | 26 |
| Defective Speech | 25 |
| Teeth—Dental Diseases | 445 |
| Heart and Circulation:— | |
| Functional | 6 |
| Organic | 2 |
| Anaemia | 103 |
| Infectious Diseases:— | |
| German Measles | 2 |
| Measles | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 |
| Chicken Pox | 9 |
| Mumps | 2 |
| Colds and Coughs | 216 |
| Influenza | 7 |
| Lungs :— | |
| Asthma | 26 |
| Bronchitis | 69 |
| Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | 9 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |
| Pulmonary—Definite | — |
| —Suspected (Referred to T.B. Officer) | 9 |
| Nervous System:— | |
| Nervous Debility | 22 |
| Habit Spasm | 2 |
| Chorea | 3 |
| Other Conditions | 44 |