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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | Special Inspections | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Totals | |||||||
| Treatm't | Obs: | Treatm't | Obs: | Treatm't | Obs: | Treatm't | Obs. | Treatm't | Obs: | |
| Skin | 33 | 18 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 25 | 176 | 117 | 16 | 36 |
| Eyes - (a) Vision | 42 | 47 | 429 | 77 | 214 | 73 | 685 | 197 | 17 | 9 |
| (b) Squint | 47 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 47 | 15 | 109 | 43 | 2 | 2 |
| (c) Other | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 32 | 38 | 3 | 4 |
| Ears - (a) Hearing | 8 | 46 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 44 | 39 | 117 | 13 | 4 |
| (b) Otitis Media | 6 | 39 | - | 21 | – | 22 | 6 | 82 | 1 | – |
| (c) Other | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
| Nose and Throat | 43 | 112 | 26 | 48 | 31 | 76 | 100 | 236 | 17 | 5 |
| Speech | 22 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 47 | 87 | 10 | 11 |
| Lymphatic Glands | 3 | 70 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 115 | – | – |
| Heart | 5 | 46 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 54 | 19 | 133 | 4 | 1 |
| Lungs | 33 | 33 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 56 | 87 | 8 | 2 |
| Developmental - (a) Hernia | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | – |
| (b) Other | 13 | 103 | 28 | 77 | 22 | 144 | 63 | 324 | 13 | 8 |
| Orthopaedic - (a) Posture | 1 | 25 | 14 | 96 | 15 | 124 | 30 | 245 | 6 | – |
| (b) Feet | 14 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 47 | 36 | 98 | 3 | – |
| (c) Other | 13 | 27 | 18 | 64 | 18 | 38 | 49 | 129 | 12 | 12 |
| Nervous System (a) Epilepsy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 5 | – | – |
| (b) Other | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 3 |
| Psychological (a) Development | 11 | 39 | – | 7 | 10 | 32 | 21 | 78 | 13 | 12 |
| (b) Stability | 4 | 71 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 12 | 140 | 16 | 9 |
| Abdomen | 2 | 10 | – | – | 2 | 15 | 4 | 25 | – | 2 |
| Other | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 |