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 | 300 |
Debility | 33 |
Uncleanliness:— | |
Head | 37 |
Body | — |
Skin:— | |
Ringworm:— | |
Head | — |
Body | 1 |
Scabies | — |
Impetigo | 8 |
Dermatitis | 4 |
Urticaria | 2 |
Furunculosis | 6 |
Eczema | 1 |
Athletes Foot | 9 |
Warts | 135 |
Other Skin Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 56 |
Eye:— | |
Blepharitis | 4 |
Conjunctivitis | 17 |
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 117 |
Squint | 8 |
Other conditions | 50 |
Ear:— | |
Defective Hearing | 4 |
Otitis Media | 4 |
Other Ear Diseases | 6 |
Nose and Throat:— | |
Chronic Tonsilitis only | 7 |
Adenoids only | 2 |
Chronic Tonsilitis and Adenoids | 22 |
Nasal Catarrh | 7 |
Nasal Obstruction | 3 |
Other conditions | 8 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 11 |
Defective Speech | 13 |
Teeth—Dental Diseases | 94 |
Heart and Circulation:— | |
Functional | 1 |
Organic | — |
Anaemia | 1 |
Infectious Diseases:— | |
Whooping Cough | 2 |
Colds and Coughs | 56 |
Influenza | 1 |
Lungs:— | |
Asthma | 4 |
Bronchitis | 6 |