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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

West Ham 1929

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

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Table: TABLE II.A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Yearended 31st December, 1920.

TABLE II.

A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year

ended 31st December, 1920.

Disease or DefectRoutine Inspections.Special Inspections
No. of DefectsNo. of Defects
Requiring treatmentRequiring to le kept under observation. but not requiring treatmentRequiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation. but not requiring treatment
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Malnutrition20221482
Unclean Head6—104—
„ Body2-7—
Skin—
Ringworm—Head——62—
,, Body——179—
Scabies9—94—
Impetigo6011,149—
Other Skin Dis. (notT.B.)9492,5052
Eye—
Blepharitis2411213—
Conjunctivitis411660—
Keratitis529—
Corneal Ulcer7—32—
Corneal Opacities—1—1
Defective Vision99711357514
Squint222111063
Other Conditions813204—
Ear—
Defective Hearing73151066
Otitis Media13566753
Other Ear Diseases3551575
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils only5482031133
Adenoids only9320874
Enlarged Tons. and Ads.419413894
Other Conditions609916
Enlarged Cervical Glands
(not T.B.)23142071
Defective Speech2511661
Teeth—Oral Sepsis1076374
Heart and Circulation—
Heart Disease—Organic .22943916
,, „ Functional—55912
Anaemia273412726
Lungs.
Bronchitis235373111
Other Dis. (not T.B.)31821