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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE II.
RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3 1ST, 1933.
| Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | ||||||
| Requiring treatment. | To be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. | Requiring treatment. | Tobekep. under observation, but not requiring treatment. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||
| Malnutrition | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | |||
| Skin | Ringworm- | ||||||
| Scalp | — | — | 1 | - | |||
| Body | — | — | 7 | - | |||
| Scabies | — | - | 36 | - | |||
| Impetigo ..t | — | — | 71 | - | |||
| Other Diseases(Non-tuber.) | — | — | 94 | - | |||
| Eye | Blepharitis | 4 | - | 41 | - | ||
| Conjunctivitis | — | — | 51 | - | |||
| Keratitis | — | — | 1 | - | |||
| Corneal Opacities | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| Defective Vision | 93 | 113 | 18 | — | |||
| (excluding Squint) | |||||||
| Squint | 17 | 15 | 3 | — | |||
| Other conditions | — | — | 25 | — | |||
| Ear | Defective Hearing | 10 | 4 | 5 | — | ||
| Otitis Media | 16 | 4 | 65 | — | |||
| Other Ear Diseases | — | — | 52 | — | |||
| Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils only | 28 | 79 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Adenoids only | 4 | 2 | 17 | 4 | |||
| Enlarged Tonsils and | 195 | 174 | 94 | — | |||
| Adenoids | |||||||
| Other conditions | 6 | 9 | 151 | — | |||
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous) | — | 1 | 2 | - | |||
| Defective Speech | — | 2 | — | — | |||
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease— | ||||||
| Organic | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Functional | — | — | — | — | |||
| Anaemia | 1 | — | 4 | - | |||