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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

Heston and Isleworth 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: (Heston and Isleworth).Table VI.—Summary relating to CHILDREN MEDICALLY INSPECTED at the Routine Inspections during the year 1920.

(Heston and Isleworth).

Table VI.—Summary relating to CHILDREN MEDICALLY INSPECTED at the Routine Inspections during the year 1920.

(i) The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections1969
(2) The number of children in (1) suffering from—
Malnutrition1
Poor Nutrition40
Skin Disease10
Defective Vision (including squint)211
Eye Disease53
Defective Hearing18
Ear Disease56
Nose and Throat Disease629
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular)295
Defective Speech5
Deutal Disease1319
Heart Disease123
Anaemia30
Lung Disease83
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary jDefinite
Suspected8
Non-Pulmonary1
Disease of the Nervous System9
Deformities34
Other Defects and Diseases44
(3) The number of children in (1) suffering from defects (other than uncleanliness or defective clothing or footgear) who require to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment1845
(4) The number of children in (1) who were referred for treatment (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc).1120
(5) The number of children in(4) who received treatment for one or more defects (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.)973