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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
East Ham 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Exclusions, continued.
| Verminous Conditions | 6 | Pyrexia 1 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 5 | Neuritis 1 |
| Cough | 5 | Herpes 1 |
| Injury | 5 | Inflammation of Kidney 1 |
| Stomatitis | 5 | Burn 1 |
| Desquamation.. | 4 | Stomach Affections 1 |
| Synovitis | 4 | Measles 1 |
| Pleurodynia | 4 | Nervous Condition . 1 |
| German Measles | 3 | Vaginal Disease 1 |
| Cardiac | 3 | Pains in Leg 1 |
| Fits | 2 | Hæmorrhagia 1 |
| Blepharitis | 2 | Lungs 1 |
| Adenoids | Enlarged Tonsils 1 | |
| Nose Bleeding | 2 | Tachycardia |
| Inflamed Neck | 9 | Otitis 1 |
| Myopia | 9 | Chilblains 1 |
| Conjunctivitis | 1 | Abdominal Swelling 1 |
| Swelling in Groin | 1 | Favus 1 |
| Pemphigus | 1 | Pediculi 1 |
| Flat Foot | 1 | Alopecia 1 |
| Sickness | 1 | Astigmatism 1 |
| Malnutrition | I | Pleuritic Pain 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 | |
| Total | 1,371 |
MANOR PARK CLINIC.
Advised Cases.
| Teeth | 96 | Enlarged Tonsils | 5 |
| Throat Affections | 36 | Tuberculosis (all forms) | 3 |
| Scabies | 30 | Inflamed Eyes | 9 |
| Ringworm—Head | 21 | Nervous Condition ... | 2 |
| Vision | 21 | Injury | 9. |
| Enlarged Glands | 15 | Alopecia | |
| Debility | 10 | Anæmia | 2 |
| Adenoids | 9 | Diphtheria | |
| Ear Conditions | 8 | Seborrhœa | 2 |
| Chest Conditions | 6 | Dermatitis | 1 |
| Rash | 6 | Pyrexia | 1 |