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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

Kingston upon Thames 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: TABLE II. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1921.

TABLE II. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION IN 1921.

Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Specials.
No referred for treatment.No. kept under observation not referred for treatment.No. referred for treatment.No. requiring to be kept under observation not referred for treatment.
Malnutrition——21
Uncleanliness-Head252—746—
Body151—32—
SkinRingworm, Head——405
1 Body1—15—
Scabies——19—
Impetigo1—6l11
Other diseases (non Tb)——135
EyeBlepharitis2—21
Conjunctivitis2———
Keratitis——2—
Corneal Ulcer1———
Corneal Opacities1—1—
Defective Vision69—65
Squint713—
Other conditions——2—
EarDefective hearing8———
Otitis Media918—
Other ear diseases———1
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils59—62
Adenoids411—
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids5———
Other conditions2—35
Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non Tb)————
Defective Speech——1—
Teeth—Dental Diseases135—72
Heart and CirculationHeart disease, Organic1911
Functional————
Anæmia——3—
LungsBronchitis123—
Other (non Tb)—142
TuberculosisPulmonary, Definite————
Suspected1122
Non-pulmonary, Glands3—102
Spine————
Hip——12
Other bones and joints———1
Nervous SystemEpilepsy————
Chorea—1—1
Other conditions———2
DeformitiesRickets1———
Spinal curvature—2——
Other Forms2572
Other defects and diseases5—2729

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Number of Individual Children having defects which require treatment, or to
be kept under observation ,,, ,,, 648