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Wimbledon 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Impetigo is enormous, averaging over six weeks per case, and
is absolutely unnecessary, many of the cases going on month
after month owing to on satisfactory treatment being obtained.
During the year two cases of Phthisis who had returned
from Sanatoria have been working in the Gardening Classes
four days a week, and their progress has been, on the whole,
entirely satisfactory, in addition to which they have been doing
good work at the subject.
The following table gives a list of the ailments from which
the children who attended at the Inspection Clinic during 1913
were found to be suffering:—

TABLE VIII.

Defect.No. of Cases.Defect.No. of Cases.
Abdominal Cyst1Cystic Hygroma1
Abscesses13Debility23
Abscesses, Dental4Defective Hearing10
Acne1Defective Speech3
Adenoids7Defective Vision68
Alopecia5Delicate1
Amentia2Dental Caries4
Anæmia12Dermatitis5
Anorexia1Dermatitis, Septic7
Aphonia1Diarrhœa, Vomiting3
Appendicotomy1Diphtheria5
Asthma3Dyspepsia1
Asymetrical Pupils1Earache1
Bell's Palsy2Eczema17
Bilious Attack2Emesis3
Blepharitis27Enlarged Glands in Neck24
Blepharospasm2Enlarged Glands, Cervical1
Bronchial Catarrh5Enlarged Glands, Parotid2
Bronchitis16Enlarged Glands, Post Auricular1
Cardiac Arrythmia3
Cephalalgia4Enlarged Glands, Submental1
Cheiropompholyx1Enlarged Glands, Tubercular2
Chilblains1Enlarged Glands, in Groin2
Chorea14Epilepsy4
? Chorea6? Epilepsy3
Colic1Epiphora2
Congenital Dislocation Right Elbow1Epistaxis4
Eustachian Obstruction5
Conjunctivitis39Exocardial Murmur1
Conjunctivitis, Catarrhal51Febricula3
Convulsions1Fracture, Right Elbow1
Convulsive Tic1Fractured Nasal Bone1
Corneal Nebulre4Furunculosis14
Corneal Ulcer2Ganglion2
Cough20Gastritis2
Croup1Gastrodynia4
Cuts (various)4General Depression1