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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table XXV.
Defects found at special schools.
| Defect. | Recommended for | |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment. | Observation. | |
| Unclean head | 3 | _ |
| Unclean body | 6 | — |
| Impetigo | 1 | — |
| Other skin diseases | 7 | 1 |
| Blepharities | 1 | — |
| Minor eye defects | — | — |
| Defective vision | 3 | 20 |
| Squint | 2 | 13 |
| Otitis media | 10 | 2 |
| Other ear diseases | 1 | — |
| Defective hearing | — | 4 |
| Teeth—oral sepsis | 4 | 9 |
| Deformities (other forms) | 1 | 24 |
| Spinal curvature | — | 1 |
| Rickets | — | 1 |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 2 | 6 |
| Enlarged tonsils only | — | 10 |
| Adenoids only | — | 3 |
| Other conditions nose and throat | — | 3 |
| Enlarged cervical glands | — | 6 |
| Defective speech | — | 20 |
| Tuberculosis—non pulmonary | — | 25 |
| Lungs—other diseases (not T.B.) | — | 1 |
| Heart disease—organic | — | 15 |
| ,, ,, functional | — | 2 |
| Anaemia | 1 | 2 |
| Other conditions—nerves | — | 19 |
| Other defects and diseases | — | 4 |