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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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table ii ,—contd.
| 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 kept under observation, but not requiring treatment | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease: (22) Organic | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | |
| (23) Functional | 2 | 6 | — | — | ||
| (24) Anaemia | 1 | — | 4 | — | ||
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 21 | — | |
| (26) Other Non- Tuberculous Diseases | 4 | 3 | 25 | — | ||
| Pulmonary: (27) Definite | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis | (28) Suspected | — | — | 4 | — | |
| (29) Glands | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| (30) Bones and Joints | — | — | — | — | ||
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | ||
| (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | ||
| TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | — | 1 | 3 | — | |
| (34) Chorea | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | ||
| (35) Other Conditions | 3 | 1 | 8 | — | ||
| Deform-ities | (36) Rickets | — | 3 | 2 | — | |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 5 | — | 2 | — | ||
| (38) Other Forms | 10 | 6 | 36 | — | ||
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 17 | 10 | 501 | 87 | ||
| Total | 329 | 339 | 1204 | 91 | ||