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 West Ham]
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TABLE II.
A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year
ended 31st December, 1920.
Disease or Defect | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects | No. of Defects | |||
Requiring treatment | Requiring to le 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 | 202 | 21 | 48 | 2 |
Unclean Head | 6 | — | 104 | — |
„ Body | 2 | - | 7 | — |
Skin— | ||||
Ringworm—Head | — | — | 62 | — |
,, Body | — | — | 179 | — |
Scabies | 9 | — | 94 | — |
Impetigo | 60 | 1 | 1,149 | — |
Other Skin Dis. (notT.B.) | 94 | 9 | 2,505 | 2 |
Eye— | ||||
Blepharitis | 24 | 11 | 213 | — |
Conjunctivitis | 41 | 1 | 660 | — |
Keratitis | 5 | 2 | 9 | — |
Corneal Ulcer | 7 | — | 32 | — |
Corneal Opacities | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Defective Vision | 997 | 113 | 575 | 14 |
Squint | 222 | 11 | 106 | 3 |
Other Conditions | 8 | 13 | 204 | — |
Ear— | ||||
Defective Hearing | 73 | 15 | 106 | 6 |
Otitis Media | 135 | 6 | 675 | 3 |
Other Ear Diseases | 35 | 5 | 157 | 5 |
Nose and Throat— | ||||
Enlarged Tonsils only | 548 | 203 | 113 | 3 |
Adenoids only | 93 | 20 | 87 | 4 |
Enlarged Tons. and Ads. | 419 | 41 | 389 | 4 |
Other Conditions | 60 | 9 | 91 | 6 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands | ||||
(not T.B.) | 23 | 14 | 207 | 1 |
Defective Speech | 25 | 11 | 66 | 1 |
Teeth—Oral Sepsis | 107 | 6 | 37 | 4 |
Heart and Circulation— | ||||
Heart Disease—Organic . | 22 | 94 | 39 | 16 |
,, „ Functional | — | 55 | 9 | 12 |
Anaemia | 273 | 41 | 272 | 6 |
Lungs. | ||||
Bronchitis | 235 | 37 | 31 | 11 |
Other Dis. (not T.B.) | 3 | 18 | 2 | 1 |