[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham] page 118

West Ham 1958

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

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PART II

Return of defects found by medical inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1958.

		Periodic Inspections No. of defects		Special Inspections No. of defects
Defect Code Number	Disease or Defect	Requiring treatment	Requiring to be kept under observation	Requiring treatment	Requiring to be kept under observation
4	Skin	162	87	939	54
5	Eyes-
	(a) Vision	613	253	250	78
	(b) Squint	53	22	40	15
	(c) Other	31	18	147	13
6	Ears-
	(a) Hearing	37	33	129	84
	(b) Otitis media	23	26	46	11
	(c) Other	14	10	87	9
7	Nose and Throat	124	228	107	82
8	Speech	47	33	70	82
9	Lymphatic glands	1	29	2	4
10	Heart	17	34	4	28
li	Lungs	34	55	57	41
12	Developmental-
	(a) Hernia	1	11	2	8
	(b) Other	5	90	2	43
13	Orthopaedic-
	(a) Posture	39	16	9	10
	(b) Flat Feet	110	103	56	26
	(c) Other	51	67	49	34
14	Nervous system-
	(a) Epilepsy	4	12	4	12
	(b) Other	4	17	6	16
15	Psychological-
	(a) Development	10	22	15	42
	(b) Stability	23	189	39	115
16	Abdomen	31	38	31	22
17	Other	89	202	1,334	266