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 Walthamstow]
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TABLE VI.
Summary Relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the year 1920.
(1) | The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections | 7,055 | |
(2) | The number of children in (1) suffering from defects (other than uncleanliness or defective clothing or footgear) who require to be kept under observation (but not referred for treatment) | 972 | |
(3) | The number of children in (1) suffering from— | ||
Malnutrition | 20 | ||
Skin Disease | 41 | ||
Defective Vision (including squint) | 385 | ||
Eye Disease | 54 | ||
Defective Hearing | 141 | ||
Ear Disease | 93 | ||
Nose and Throat Disease | 258 | ||
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | 46 | ||
Defective Speech | 12 | ||
Dental Disease | 1,318 | ||
Heart Disease— | |||
Organic | 21 | ||
Functional | 163 | ||
Anaemia | 31 | ||
Lung Disease (non-tubercular) | 197 | ||
Tuberculosis— | |||
Pulmonary | definite | 5 | |
suspected | 42 | ||
Non-pulmonary | 28 | ||
Disease of the Nervous System | 24 | ||
Deformities | 13 | ||
Other defects and diseases | 94 | ||
(4) | The number of children in (1) who were referred for treatment (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.) | 2,774 | |
(5) | The number of children in (4) who received treatment for one or more defects (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.) | 1,220 |
"Specials" should not be included in this Table.