London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Defects Found
| Defect. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Age 8 | Age 12 | Age 14 | Entrants | Age 8 | Age 12 | Age 14 | |||||||||
| Number Examined | 391 | 199 | 226 | 222 | 365 | 178 | 228 | 181 | ||||||||
| Cases | + | Cases | + | Cases | + | Cases | + | Cases | 4- | Cases | + | Cases | + | Cases | + | |
| Malnutrition | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Skin Disease | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Enlarged Tonsils | 33 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Adenoids | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Tonsils and Adenoids. | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Other Nose and Threat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Enlarged Glands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| External Eye Disease | 19 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Vision | 24 | 46 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Otorrhœa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Other Ear Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hearing | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | I | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Stani merin g and Speech | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Heart ... | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Ai aemia | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Lungs ... | c | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Nervous Disorders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Phthisis | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other Tblr. Disease | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Spinal Defects | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other Deformities | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Defects | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Teeth | 114 | 51 | 43 | 51 | 104 | 43 | 54 | 48 | ||||||||
| Number of Children for treatment | 141 | 77 | 89 | 82 | 141 | 68 | 92 | 77 | ||||||||
* + = number of defects.