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 East Ham]
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Impetigo | 75 | Eczema | 3 |
Teeth Extracted | 40 | Stye | 3 |
Ear Discharge | 33 | Enlarged Glands | 2 |
Septic Conditions | 30 | Synovitis | 1 |
Eye Inflammation | 27 | Burn | 1 |
Throat Affections | 18 | Chilblains | 1 |
Ringworm—Body | 10 | Total | 257 |
Abscess | 7 | ||
Whitlow | 6 |
TABLE VI.
Scabies | 368 | Favus | 13 |
Teeth | 221 | Ecythema | 12 |
Impetigo | 160 | Laryngitis | 12 |
Ringworm—Head | 127 | Verminous Condition | 11 |
Throat Affection | 111 | Herpes | 11 |
Vision | 88 | Abscess | 11 |
Debility | 80 | Ulcers | 10 |
Chest Condition | 68 | Pemphigus | 9 |
Anaemia | 66 | Bronchitis | 8 |
Ear Condition | 37 | Scalds | 7 |
Eye Inflammation | 31 | Mentally Deficient | 7 |
Enlarged Glands | 27 | Psoriasis | 7 |
Mumps | 25 | Eczema | 5 |
Enlarged Tonsils | 25 | Lupus | 4 |
Ringworm—Body | 21 | Injury | 4 |
Rash | 21 | Warts | 4 |
Cough | 21 | Deformity | 4 |
Septic Condition | 19 | Onychia | 4 |
Heart Affection | 19 | Urticaria | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 18 | Erythema Nodosum | 4 |
Stomach Affection | 17 | Cellulitis | 4 |
Influenza | 16 | Poisoning | 4 |
Chicken Pox | 15 | Diphtheria | 3 |
Adenoids | 15 | Diarrhœa | 3 |
Tuberculosis | 15 | Jaundice | 3 |
Rheumatism | 14 | Rupture | 3 |
Nose Affections | 13 | Fits | 3 |