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.
A.— Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ending 31st December, 1936.
Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No. of | Defects. | ||||
Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kep under observation, but not requiring treatment. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
(1) Ringworm—Scalp | _ | _ | 2 | – | ||
Skin | (2) Ringworm—Body | — | — | 7 | – | |
(3) Scabies | 2 | _ | 27 | _ | ||
(4) Impetigo | 3 | — | 71 | – | ||
(5) Other Diseases (Non-tuberculous) | 3 | 3 | 139 | – | ||
TOTAL (Heads 1 to 5) | 8 | 3 | 246 | – | ||
(6) Blepharitis | 5 | 1 | 10 | – | ||
(7) Conjunctivitis | — | — | 16 | – | ||
(8) Keratitis | — | — | — | – | ||
(9) Corneal Opacities | _ | _ | — | – | ||
Eye | (10) Other conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) | 3 | 1 | 15 | – | |
TOTAL (Heads 6 to 10) | 8 | 2 | 41 | – | ||
(11) Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 94 | 84 | 17 | – | ||
(12) Squint | 11 | 15 | 4 | – | ||
(13) Defective Hearing | 1 | 3 | 8 | – | ||
Ear | (14) Otitis Media | 7 | — | 52 | - | |
(15) Other Ear Diseases | 7 | 9 | 34 | — | ||
'(16) Chronic Tonsilitis only | 23 | 43 | 51 | 10 | ||
Nose | (17) Adenoids only | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
and Throat | (18) Chronic Tonsilitis and Adenoids | 78 | 56 | 47 | l | |
'(19) Other Conditions | 5 | 6 | 99 | — | ||
(-0) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | 1 | 44 | 13 | – | ||
(21) Defective Speech | 4 | 1 | — |