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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

Edmonton 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton, UDC]

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Table: TABLE II.A.-RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR 1924.

TABLE II.

A.-RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR 1924.

Defect or Disease.Routine.Special,
No. of defects.No. of defects.
Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under Observation.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under Observation.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Malnutrition Uncleanliness—6817119911
Head172185
Body1272-
Skin—Ringworm—Scalp1—34—
Body——67—
Scabies2—10—
Impetigo21—342—
Other diseases (non-tuberculous)5—20230
Eye-Blepharitis58—149-
Conjunctivitis11-1032
Keratitis——1—
Corneal Opacities118—
Defective Vision114118303—
Squint531070—
Other conditions12442
Ear—Defective Hearing1335561
Otitis Media321196-
Other Ear Diseases--522
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils311425612
Adenoids only--52
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids1728471
Other conditions-13764
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tuberculous)39173
Defective Speech-1--
Teeth—Dental Diseases254-85-
Heart and CirculationOrganic Heart Disease49-1
Functional-26-1
Anaemia-228
Lungs—Bronchitis-234276
Other non-tuberculous diseases---4
TuberculosisPulmonary—Definite111-
Suspected—51610
Non-pulmonary—Glands3-71
Spine--11
Hip-24—
Other bones and joints1--2
Skin----
Other forms-11-
Nervous SystemEpilepsy12_
Chorea1--11
Other conditions—20-9
Deformities-Rickets-7--
Spinal Curvature---_
Other forms41231
Other Defects and Diseases65521221