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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 1936
[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) | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. (3) | Requiring treatment. (4) | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. (5) | ||||
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease : | ||||||
| (22) Organic | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | |||
| (23) Functional | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| (24) Anaemia | 3 | — | 2 | — | |||
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 2 | 3 | 32 | — | ||
| (26) Other Non- Tuberculous Diseses | 1 | 10 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary : | ||||||
| (27) Definite | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| (28) Suspected | — | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Non-Pulmonary : | |||||||
| _ | _ | _ | — | ||||
| (29) Glands | |||||||
| (30) Bones and Joints | 1 | 1 | _ | — | |||
| (31) Skin | — | — | _ | — | |||
| (32) Other Forms | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | |||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | ||
| (34) Chorea | 1 | 4 | 13 | — | |||
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | 8 | 7 | 2 | — | ||
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| (38) Other Forms | 8 | 49 | 19 | — | |||
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 21 | 17 | 544 | 78 | |||
| Total | 305 | 377 | 1273 | 95 | |||