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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| PERIODIC NSPECTIONS | Special Inspections | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Totals | |||||||||
| Treatm't | Oba: | Treatm't | Oba: | Treatm't | Oba: | Treatm't | Oba: | Treatm' t | Oba: | |||
| Skin | 26 | 22 | 72 | 36 | 58 | 25 | 156 | 83 | 39 | 22 | ||
| Eyes - | (a) Vision | 34 | 20 | 311 | 29 | 191 | 42 | 536 | 91 | 23 | 8 | |
| (b) Squint | 22 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 68 | 29 | — | — | ||
| (c) Other | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Ears - | (a) Hearing | 3 | 59 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 52 | 14 | 126 | 9 | 14 | |
| (b) Otitis Media | 4 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 45 | — | 2 | ||
| (c) Other | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Nose and Throat | 39 | 109 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 63 | 82 | 193 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Speech | 18 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 22 | 16 | ||
| Lymphatic Glands | — | 82 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 142 | — | 2 | ||
| Heart | 3 | 41 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 43 | 15 | 107 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lungs | 21 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Developmental- | (a) Hernia | _ | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | |
| (b) Other | 15 | 83 | 27 | 74 | 20 | 116 | 62 | 273 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Orthopaedic - | (a) Posture | 2 | 15 | 19 | 48 | 7 | 81 | 28 | 144 | — | 2 | |
| (b) Feet | 11 | 38 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 44 | 22 | 101 | 11 | 5 | ||
| (c) Other | 4 | 16 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 79 | 11 | 16 | ||
| Nervous System- | (a) Epilepsy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | — | — | |
| (b) Other | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Psychological- | (a) Development | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 63 | 2 | 10 | |
| (b) Stability | 6 | 78 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 12 | 146 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Abdomen | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 19 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Other | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 22 | ||