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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 1953
[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 | 519 |
| Debility | 20 |
| Uncleanliness:— | |
| Head | 65 |
| Body | 1 |
| Skin:— | |
| Ringworm:— | |
| Head | — |
| Body | — |
| Scabies | — |
| Impetigo | 16 |
| Dermatitis | 2 |
| Urticaria | 9 |
| Furunculosis | 29 |
| Eczema | 13 |
| Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 214 |
| Eye:— | |
| Blepharitis | 28 |
| Conjunctivitis | 17 |
| Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 164 |
| Squint | 24 |
| Other conditions | 78 |
| Ear:— | |
| Defective Hearing | 31 |
| Otitis Media | 29 |
| Other Ear Diseases | 27 |
| Nose and Throat:— | |
| Chronic Tonsillitis only | 43 |
| Adenoids only | 6 |
| Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | 54 |
| Nasal Catarrh | 14 |
| Nasal Obstruction | 5 |
| Other conditions | 32 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 37 |
| Defective Speech | 38 |
| Teeth—Dental Diseases | 696 |
| Heart and Circulation:— | |
| Functional | 6 |
| Organic | 2 |
| Anaemia | 1 |
| Infectious Diseases:— | |
| Scarlet Fever | — |
| German Measles | 1 |
| Measles | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 1 |
| Mumps | 1 |
| Colds and Coughs | 131 |
| Influenza | 1 |
| Lungs:— | |
| Asthma | 11 |
| Bronchitis | 10 |