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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

Carshalton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: TABLE 15.DEFECTS FOUND AT SPECIAL TODDLER EXAMINATIONS—1938.

TABLE 15.

DEFECTS FOUND AT SPECIAL TODDLER EXAMINATIONS—1938.

DEFECTRecommended forNumber which received Treatment by
ObservationTereatmentOwn Dr.HospitalAt Home by AdviceClinicTotal
Cleanliness—6__2_2
Nutrition622—117—18
Ringworm———————
Impetigo18126—9
Scabies122———2
Other Skin Conditions172639II—23
Blepharitis2523——5
Conjunctivitis15121—4
Keratitis———————
Corneal Ulcer—1—————
Corneal Opacities———————
Other Conditions1——————
Vision———————
Squint733126——27
Hearing22—1——1
Otitis Media152—1——1
Other Diseases1621——3
Teeth5097—913343
Tonsils14749419——23
Adenoids662819——10
Other Conditions193——1—1
Enlarged Cervical Glands472—————
Speech171—————
Heart Disease26514——5
Anaemia216119—11
Lungs, Tubercular—3—————
Lungs, Non-tubercular ..9185———5
Other Tubercular Diseases44—1——1
Epilepsy133———3
Chorea11I———1
Other Conditions41——1—1
Rickets2754—6281044
Spinal Curvature16——3—3
Other Forms814—14—5
All Other Defects2649—610—16
Mental Condition53—12—3
Behaviour51—————
Total519476281039643270