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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
Ilford 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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CONTENTS. Section IV.—continued.
pages
External Eye Defects 103
Ears 103
Heart and Anaemia 103
Lungs and Tuberculosis 104
Deformity and Rickets 104
Nervous System 104
Other Conditions 104
Mentally Defective Children 105
Deaf and Dumb Children 105
Blind Children 105
Feeding of School Children 105
The Health Visitor 108
Summary of work done by the Health Visitor
Facing Page 108
Summary of defects detected upon Medical
Inspection Facing Page 109
Summaries of Heights and Weights of children
examined:—
Boys 110
Girls 116
Children examined at the Public Health Offices 122
Summary of children presented for Special
Examination Facing Page 122
Table showing results of Medical Inspection
Following Page 122
Table showing results of Medical Inspection
carried out previous to 1911 Following Page 122
Infectious Disease 124
Summary of Infectious Disease 125
Scarlet Fever 126
,, ,, Table 127
Diphtheria 130
,, Table 131
Measles 132
,, Table 133