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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

Tottenham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: SECONDARY SCHOOLS (contd.).Table II.— Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1935.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS (contd.).

Table II.— Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1935.

Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.
Number referred for Treatment.Number requiring to be kept under Observation, but not referred for Treatment.
(1)(2)(3)
Malnutrition——
Uncleanliness:———
Head——
Bodv——
SkinRingworm: —
Head——
Body——
Scabies——
Impetigo——
Other Diseases (Non-Tubercular)15—
EyeBlepharitis1—
Conjunctivitis1—
Keratitis——
Corneal Opacities——
Defective Vision1451
Squint2—
Other Conditions5—
EarDefective Hearing2—
Otitis Media1—
Other Ear Diseases5—
Nose and ThroatChronic Tonsillitis267
Adenoids——
Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids3—
Other Conditions81
Enl. Cervical Glands (Non-Tubercular)1—
Defective Speech——
Heart and Circulation IHeart Disease:—
Organic11
Functional12
Anaemia5—
Lungs jBronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh9—
Other Non-Tubercular Diseases11
Pulmonary——
TuberculosisDefinite——
Suspected——
Non-Pulmonary:—
Glands——
Spine——
Hip——
Other Bones and Joints..——
Skin——
Other Forms——
Nervous SystemEpilepsy——
Chorea—1
Other Conditions1—
DeformitiesRickets——
Spinal Curvature4—
Other Forms25—
Other Defects and Diseases243