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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
Walthamstow 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(b) The following table shows the findings at Medical
Inspections: —
Number inspected:—
Entrants
467
12 years old
202
15 years old
284
Total
953
Specials
146
Grand Total
1,099
Parents Present
636
Number referred for treatment (excluding dental and unclean-
liness)
250
Number referred for observation
139
Number referred for treatment (excluding vision, dental and
uncleanliness)
188
Nutrition—
A
393
B
532
c
28
Requiring Requiring
Defects. treatment. observation.
Skin 16 2
Eyes—
Blepharitis 3 5
Vision 52 72
Squint 4 4
Other conditions 3
Ear Disease 8
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils 4 4
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 1
Other conditions 9
Glands (Non-T.B.) —
Sub-maxillary —
Cervical 1
Teeth 19 5
Heart—
Organic 3 2
Functional 4 7
Speech 1
Anaemia
Rheumatism 3 4
Lungs—Brondhitis 5 —
Otlher conditions (non-T.B.) .2 1
Deformities—Spinal Curvature 1 —
Other forms 93 9
Otlher diseases and defects 32 12