[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon].

  • Hendon (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1937?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    131 TABLE II. A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1936. Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections No. of Defects. No. of Delects Requir¬ ing treatment. Requiring to be kept under observa tion but. not re quiring treatment Requir ing treatment Requiring to be kept under observa tion but not re quiting treatment. (1). (2) (3) (4) (5) Skin (1) Ringworm—Scalp — — 6 — (2) Ringworm—Body — — 23 — (3) Scabies — — 92 — (4) Impetigo — — 141 — (5) Other Diseases (Non Tuberculous) — 8 832 — TOTAL (Heads 1 to 5) — 9 1094 — Eye (6) Blepharitis 7 12 34 3 (7) Conjunctivitis 6 3 140 — (8) Keratitis — — — — (9) Corneal Opacities — — — — (10) Other Conditions (ex cluding Defective Vision and Squint) 12 20 63 4 TOTAL (Heads 6 to 10) 25 35 237 7 (11) Defective Vision (ex cluding Squint) 359 214 129 4 (12) Squint 48 36 26 9 Ear (13) Defective Hearing 10 18 6 1 (14) Otitis Media 9 13 94 — (15) Other Ear Diseases 7 6 77 2 Nose and Throat (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only 40 226 26 51 (17) Adenoids only 3 24 16 10 (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids 48 79 140 30 (19) Other Conditions 14 48 1 3 (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (non Tuberculous) — 20 — 6