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 | 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 |