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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 1948
[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 | 639 |
| Debility | 34 |
| Uncleanliness:- | |
| Head | 209 |
| Body | 1 |
| Skin:— | |
| Ringworm:— | |
| Head | 1 |
| Body | 1 |
| Scabies | 19 |
| Impetigo | 73 |
| Dermatitis | 14 |
| Urticaria | 27 |
| Furunculosis | 54 |
| Eczema | 32 |
| Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 303 |
| Eye:— | |
| Blepharitis | 42 |
| Conjunctivitis | 40 |
| Keratitis | 1 |
| Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 213 |
| Squint | 27 |
| Other conditions | 63 |
| Ear:— | |
| Defective Hearing | 45 |
| Otitis Media | 29 |
| Other Ear Diseases | 201 |
| Nose and Throat:— | |
| Chronic Tonsillitis only | 45 |
| Adenoids only | 15 |
| Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 87 |
| Nasal Catarrh | 73 |
| Sore Throat | 6 |
| Nasal Obstruction | 45 |
| Other conditions | 89 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 43 |
| Defective Speech | 21 |
| Teeth—Dental Diseases | 407 |
| Heart and Circulation:— | |
| Functional | 10 |
| Organic | 2 |
| Anaemia | 51 |
| Infectious Diseases:— | |
| German Measles | 6 |
| Measles | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 |
| Chicken Pox | 6 |
| Mumps | 8 |
| Colds and Coughs | 210 |
| Influenza | 2 |
| Lungs:— | |
| Asthma | 34 |
| Bronchitis | 72 |
| Pulmonary Catarrh | 32 |
| Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | 10 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |
| Pulmonary—Definite | — |
| —Suspected (Referred to T.B. Officer) | 21 |