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.— (Continued)
Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspection | Special Inspection | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects | No. of Defect | |||
Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiting to be kept uudsf observation, but not requiring treatment | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Lungs— | ||||
(25) Bronchitis | 124 | 179 | 113 | 13 |
(26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | 22 | 64 | 15 | 6 |
Tuberculosis— | ||||
Pulmonary: | ||||
(27) Definite | 1 | 1 | I | 1 |
(28) Suspected | 19 | 24 | 5 | 25 |
Non-Pulmonary: | ||||
(29) Glands | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
(30) Bones and Joints | — | 1 | — | 1 |
(31) Skin | — | 2 | — | — |
(32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — |
TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Nervous System | ||||
(33) Epilepsy | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
(34) Chorea | 21 | 21 | 27 | 16 |
(35) Other Conditions | 27 | 40 | 56 | 25 |
Deformities— | ||||
(36) Rickets | 3 | 6 | — | 1 |
(37) Spinal Curvature | 27 | 4 | 6 | — |
(38) Other Forms | 53 | 61 | 51 | 6 |
(39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 464 | 404 | 6638 | 65 |
Total | 2774 | 1924 | 15327 | 332 |
B.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Croups.
Age-groups | Number of Children Inspected | A (Excellent) | T? (Normal) | (Slightly subnormal) | D (Bad) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | or /o | No. | % | ||
Entrants | 4871 | 666 | 13.67 | 3609 | 74.09 | |560 | 11.5 | 36 | .74 |
Second Age-group | 3984 | 523 | 13.12 | 2963 | 74.37 | 457 | 11.47 | 41 | 1.03 |
Third Age-group | 4907 | 876 | 17.85 | 3525 | 71.84 | 464 | 9.45 | 42 | .85 |
Other Routine Inspections | 1678 | 366 | 21.81 | 1186 | 70.68 | 114 | 6.79 | 12 | .71 |
TOTAL | 15440 | 2431 | 15.74 | 11282 | 73.08 | 1595 | 10.33 | 1311 | .84 |