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 Richmond upon Thames]
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Table IV.
Defects found by medical inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1965.
TABLE A. — PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.
Defect code number | Defect or disease | Periodic inspections | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||||
(T) | (O) | (T) | (O) | (T) | (O) | (T) | (O) | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
4 | Skin | 11 | 16 | 50 | 65 | 30 | 51 | 91 | 132 |
5 | Eyes: a. Vision | 15 | 52 | 201 | 134 | 129 | 170 | 345 | 356 |
b. Squint | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 35 | 41 | |
c. Other | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 63 | |
6 | Ears: a. Hearing | 6 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 40 | 24 | 82 |
b. Otitis media | 6 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 55 | |
c. Other | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 16 | |
7 | Nose and throat | 15 | 127 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 122 | 35 | 281 |
8 | Speech | 10 | 26 | - | 5 | 10 | 26 | 20 | 57 |
9 | Lymphatic glands | - | 49 | - | 5 | - | 26 | - | 80 |
10 | Heart | 1 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 78 |
11 | Lungs | 2 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 102 |
12 | Developmental: | ||||||||
a. Hernia | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
b. Other | 3 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 42 | 9 | 98 | |
13 | Orthopaedic: | ||||||||
a. Posture | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
b. Feet | 28 | 50 | 15 | 38 | 30 | 69 | 73 | 157 | |
c. Other | 1 | 35 | 55 | 51 | 17 | 49 | 73 | 135 | |
14 | Nervous system: | ||||||||
a. Epilepsy | 1 | 6 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
b. Other | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | - | 9 | 2 | 19 | |
15 | Psychological: | ||||||||
a. Development | - | 15 | - | 10 | 3 | 59 | 3 | 84 | |
b. Stability | 2 | 57 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 161 | 9 | 256 | |
16 | Abdomen | 4 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 62 |
17 | Other | 7 | 22 | 17 | 53 | 12 | 60 | 36 | 135 |
(T) Requiring treatment. (O) Requiring observation.
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