Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Table II—
Disease or Defect. | Routine Inspections. | Specials. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. | Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment. | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Inlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | 2 | 368 | 12 | 3 |
Defective Speech | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 |
Teeth— Dental Diseases | 939 | 149 | 71 | ... |
Heart and Circulation— Heart Disease | 1 | 56 | 5 | 25 |
Anæmia | ... | 38 | 3 | 6 |
Lungs— Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | 1 | 29 | 27 | 12 |
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary Definite | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Suspected | ... | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Non-Pulmonary Glands | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Spine | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |
Hip | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other Bones and Joints | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Skin | ... | ... | ||
Other Forms | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
Nervous System— Epilepsy | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Chorea | ... | 3 | 18 | ... |
Other Conditions | ... | 14 | 7 | 5 |
Deformities— | ... | |||
Rickets | ... | 8 | ... | 1 |
Spinal Curvature | ... | 9 | ... | 1 |
Other Forms | ... | 21 | ... | 5 |
Other Defects and Diseases | ... | 81 | 97 | 81 |
Number of individual children having defects which
required treatment or to be kept under observation—
Routine Medical Inspection 1529
*Special cases 2753
*This figure does not refer to individual children, as
one child may be referred for more than one defect.