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, 1930.
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 | ||||
Unclean Head | - | |||
1 | — | |||
Ringworm—Head | — | — | ||
— | — | |||
Scabies | 1 | — | ||
Impetigo | 1 | — | ||
Other Skin Dis. (not T.B.) | ||||
Blepharitis | — | |||
Conjunctivitis | 1 | — | ||
Keratitis | 1 | 1 | ||
Corneal Ulcer | — | |||
Corneal Opacities | — | — | — | |
Defective Vision | 15 | |||
Squint | 1 | |||
Other Conditions | ||||
Defective Hearing | ||||
Otitis Media | 1 | |||
Other Ear Diseases | — | |||
Enlarged Tonsils only | ||||
Adenoids only | ||||
Enlarged Tons. and Ads | ||||
Other Conditions | 1 | |||
Enlarged Cervical Glands | ||||
(not T.B.) | ||||
Defective Speech | ||||
Teeth—Oral Sepsis | 1 | |||
Heart Disease—Organic | ||||
Anaemia | ||||
Bronchitis | ||||
Other Dis. (not T.B.) | - |