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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

Southall 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Defects Found.
Table 24 shows the individual defects found at medical inspection. It
must be remembered that one child may show several defects, and that all
defects, however slight, are recorded.

Table: Table No. 24.

Table No. 24.

Manor HouseBranch CentreTotal
Skin
1. Ringworm---
2. Scabies---
3. Impetigo2-2
4. Other diseases (non-tubercular)201232
Total 1-4201234
Eye
5. Blepharitis347
6. Conjunctivitis415
7. Keratitis and opacities---
8. Other conditions (excl. defective vision and squint)1--
Total 5-88513
9. Defective vision2-2
10. Squint639
Ear
11. Defective hearing-11
12. Otitis media112
13. Other ear diseases---
Nose and Throat
14. Chronic tonsils and/or adenoids131124
15. Other conditions-22
16. Enlarged cervical glands (non-tubercular)191231
17. Defective speech---
Heart and Circulation
18. Organic heart disease-44
19. Functional heart disease516
20. Anaemia8614
Lungs
21. Bronchitis4-4
22. Other non-tubercular diseases2-2
23. Pulmonary tuberculosis---
Tuberculosis
24. Glands---
25. Bones and joints---
Nervous system
26. Chorea---
27. Other conditions314
Deformities
28. Rickets deformities-33
29. Genu valgum 18 months101626
2 years212748
3 years211839
4 years171128
30. Other forms347
31. Other defects and diseases9817
32. Dental diseases 18 months---
2 years224
3 years161632
4 years241741