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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE II.—
Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | |||||
Requiring treatment. (2) | To be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment (3) | Requiring treatment. (4) | To be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. (5) | |||
Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease : | |||||
(22) Organic | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | ||
(23) Functional | — | 7 | 1 | — | ||
(24) Anaemia | 5 | — | 4 | — | ||
Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 10 | – | 18 | — | |
(26 Other Non- | ||||||
Tuberculous Diseses | 6 | 3 | 27 | — | ||
Tuberculosis | Pulmonary : | |||||
(27) Definite | — | — | — | — | ||
(28) Suspected | 1 | – | 5 | — | ||
Non-Pulmonary : | ||||||
(29) Glands | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||
(30) Bones and Joints | — | — | 1 | — | ||
(31) Skin | — | — | 1 | — | ||
(32) Other Forms | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
(33) Epilepsy | — | 2 | 4 | — | ||
Nervous | (34) Chorea | 6 | 2 | 12 | — | |
System | (35) Other Conditions | 8 | 1 | 8 | — | |
Deformities | (36) Rickets | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | |
(37) Spinal Curvature | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | ||
(38) Other Forms | 8 | 42 | 17 | — | ||
(39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 36 | 51 | 621 | 147 | ||
Total | 415 | 437 | 1300 | 157 |