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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(iii) Defects found at medical inspections -
PERCENTAGE OF DEFECTS TO NUMBERS EXAMINED:-
| PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | Special Inspectipns | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Totals | |||||||
| Treatm't | Obs: | Treatm!t | Obs: | Treatm't | Obs: | Treatm't | Obs: | Treatm't | Obs: | |
| Skin | 40 | 29 | 48 | 29 | 70 | 45 | 158 | 103 | 44 | 25 |
| E^res (a) Vision | 42 | 59 | 302 | 31 | 279 | 89 | 628 | 179 | 29 | 7 |
| (b) Squint | 40 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 14 | 95 | 30 | - | - |
| (c) Other | 17 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 8 |
| Ears (a) Hearing | 2 | 62 | - | 35 | 9 | 35 | 11 | 132 | 2 | 5 |
| (b) Otitis Media | 6 | 33 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 56 | - | 1 |
| (c) Other | 14 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 |
| Nose and Throat | 34 | 149 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 60 | 67 | 224 | 9 | 12 |
| Speech | 29 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 11 |
| Lymphatic Glands | 2 | 80 | 1 | 13 | - | 25 | 3 | 118 | 2 | 5 |
| Heart | 9 | 45 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 114 | 1 | 3 |
| Lungs | 18 | 45 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 45 | 89 | 8 | 3 |
| Developmental - (a) Hernia | 2 | 5 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| (b) Other | 9 | 97 | 24 | 64 | 25 | 133 | 58 | 294 | 3 | 6 |
| Orthopaedic - (a) Posture | 3 | 25 | 14 | 46 | 30 | 106 | 47 | 177 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) Feet | 22 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 50 | 84 | 8 | 5 |
| (c) Other | 5 | 21 | 10 | 44 | 13 | 40 | 28 | 105 | 12 | 16 |
| Nervous System (a) Epilepsy | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 8 | _ | 1 |
| (b) Other | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 12 |
| Psychological - (a) Development | 9 | 35 | 1 | - | 7 | 25 | 17 | 60 | 5 | 7 |
| (b) Stability | 4 | 88 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 67 | 16 | 166 | 8 | 12 |
| Abdomen | 5 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 10 |
| Other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 20 |