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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
Walthamstow 1921
[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 1921.
| (l) | The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections | 6,533 | |
| (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) | 676 | |
| (3) | The number of children in (1) suffering from— | ||
| Malnutrition | 14 | ||
| Skin Disease | 20 | ||
| Defective Vision (including squint) | 390 | ||
| Eye Disease | 23 | ||
| Defective Hearing | 253 | ||
| Ear Disease | 82 | ||
| Nose and Throat Disease | 588 | ||
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | 26 | ||
| Defective Speech | 9 | ||
| Dental Disease | 1,642 | ||
| Heart Disease— | |||
| Organic | 14 | ||
| Functional | 101 | ||
| Anaemia | 5 | ||
| Lung Disease (non-tubercular) | 81 | ||
| Tuberculosis— | |||
| Pulmonary | definite | 10 | |
| suspected | 68 | ||
| Non-pulmonary | 28 | ||
| Disease of the Nervous System | 19 | ||
| Deformities | 11 | ||
| Other defects and diseases | 52 | ||
| (4) | The number of children in (1) who were referred for treatment (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.) | 2,489 | |
| (5) | The number of children in (4) who received treatment for one or more defects (excluding uncleanliness, defective clothing, etc.) | 1,129 | |