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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 1938
[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. | 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 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| (23) Functional | - | 10 | - | - | ||
| (24) Anaemia | 3 | - | 2 | - | ||
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 6 | - | 9 | - | |
| (26) Other Non- Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 17 | - | ||
| Pulmonary: | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | (27) Definite | - | - | - | - | |
| (28) Suspected | - | - | 3 | - | ||
| Non-Pulmonary: | ||||||
| (29) Glands | - | - | - | - | ||
| (30) Bones and Joints | - | - | - | - | ||
| (31) Skin | - | - | - | - | ||
| (32) Other Forms | - | - | - | - | ||
| TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| (34) Chorea | 3 | - | 10 | - | ||
| (35) Other Conditions | 9 | - | 5 | - | ||
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | - | - | - | - | |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 1 | - | 3 | - | ||
| (38) Other Forms | 8 | 6 | 26 | - | ||
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 15 | 5 | 487 | 234 | ||
| Total | 329 | 251 | 1186 | 237 | ||