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Walthamstow 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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TABLE II.

A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1933.

Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
Number of Defects.Number of Defects.
Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring Treatment.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring Treatment.
12345
Malnutrition134526
Malnutrition 9
Milk at School 483
Debility 34
SkinRingworm, Scalp1-10-
Body4-39
Scabies146
Impetigo171264-
Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous)26263
EyeBlepharitis3664-
Conjunctivitis131242
Keratitis--
Corneal Opacities---
Defective Vision (excluding Squint)24723218
Squint17322
Other Conditions771
EarDefective Hearing12118
Otitis Media234215-
Other Ear Diseases8225
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils only34285448
Adenoids only411
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids137-
Other Conditions101323
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous)95140-
Defective Speech75-1
Heart and CirculationHeart Disease, Organic20711
,, „Functional25317-
Anaemia21837
LungsBronchitis1062115_
Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases447-
TuberculosisPulmonary, Definite
„Suspected----
Non-Pulmonary, Glands-2--
Spine----
„Hip---
,, Other Bones & Joints--
Skin-
„Other Forms-
Nervous SystemEpilepsy54
Chorea1191
Other Conditions23
DeformitiesRickets2__2__
Spinal Curvature2--
Other Forms1123-
Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases)100241225-

B. Number of Individual Children found at routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group.Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
Inspected.Found to require Treatment.
1234
Code Groups :—
Entrants21841044.7
2nd Age Group175519811.2
3rd Age Group2072248
Total (Code Groups)60115509.1
Other Routine Inspections506489.4