[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham] page 180

West Ham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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TABLE II.

A. —Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1927.

Disease or Defect	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)
Malnutrition	223	20	57	10
Unclean Head	112	2	38	1
„ Body	5	1	1	–
Skin— Ringworm—Head	3	–	79	–
,, Body	14	1	248	—
Scabies	10	–	79	—
Impetigo	101	–	1,253	—
Other Skin Dis. (not T.B.)	176	5	2,920	1
Eye— Blepharitis	77	–	212	1
Conjunctivitis	60	—	690	—
Keratitis	4	1	17	—
Corneal Ulcer	5	1	41	—
Corneal Opacities	–	–	_	–
Defective Vision	1,009	76	655	107
Squint	282	63	99	12
Other Conditions	23	14	242	3
Ear— Defective Hearing	104	92	139	14
Otitis Media	154	4	621	1
Other Ear Disease	52	1	214	1
Nose and Throat— Enlarged Tonsils only	736	217	200	7
Adenoids only	248	58	127	8
Enlarged Tons, and Ads.	575	31	1,120	8
Other Conditions	95	12	123	18
Enlarged Cervical Glands (not T.B.)	28	53	167	4
Defective Speech	11	47	79	85
Teeth—Oral Sepsis	1,165	240	132	9
Heart and Circulation— Heart Disease—Organic	32	93	31	33
,, „ Functional	4	65	—	10
Anaemia	286	23	138	18
Lungs. Bronchitis	190	41	29	11
Other Dis. (not T.B.)	7	—	1	–