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 Carshalton]
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TABLE 12.
DEFECTS FOUND AT SPECIAL TODDLER EXAMINATIONS—1948.'
Defect. | Recommended for | Number which received treatment by | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observation. | Treatment. | Own Dr. | Hospital. | At Home by Advice. | Clinic. | Total. | ||||
Cleanliness | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Nutrition | 7 | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | |||
Ringworm | skin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Impetigo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Other Skin (Non-Tub.) | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 7 | |||
Blepharitis | Eves | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||
Conjunctivitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
Keratitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Corneal Ulcer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
„ Opacities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Other Conditions | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
Vision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Squint | 13 | 4 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | |||
Hearing | Ears. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Otitis Media | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | |||
Other Diseases | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | |||
Teeth | 10 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 28 | |||
Tonsils | 45 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | 12 | |||
Adenoids | 24 | 14 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 11 | |||
Other Conditions | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |||
Enlarged Cervical | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | |||
Speech | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
Heart Disease | 12 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||
Anaemia | 3 | 30 | - | 2 | 24 | - | 26 | |||
Lungs, Tubercular | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Lungs, non-Tubercular | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | |||
Other Tubercular | ||||||||||
Diseases | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Chorea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Other Conditions | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | |||
Rickets | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | |||
Spinal Curvature | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Other Forms. | 14 | 42 | - | 4 | 22 | 13 | 39 | |||
All other Defects | 35 | 69 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 57 | |||
Mental Condition | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||
Behaviour | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
Total | 223 | 268 | 24 | 54 | 104 | 64 | 246 |