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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1930.

Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1930.

Defect.Boys.Girls.
EntrantsAge 8Age 12Age 14EntrantsAge 8Age 12Age 14
Number Examined282214115159256199122151
Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+
Malnutrition4311————————3———
Skin Disease11-—66221122——11
Enlarged Tonsils21171310448630192316121133
Adenoids———————-11————11
Tonsils and Adenoids .7511————43-—————
Other Nose and Threat1———————1_1-——11
Enlarged Glands11——————111-----
External Eye Disease98------6533112—
Vision———20—18—21—-—20_13—20
Otorrhoea44——33——11111122
Other Ear Disease11----------1---
Hearing——1——————-—-1—1—
Stammering and Speech2—2---1---------
Heart2—1———1—2-223———
Araemia-—————1———11211—
Lungs952———2—43111———
Nervous Disorders2———————221—————
Phthisis————————————————
Other T.B. Disease----------------
Rickets1-11------------
Spinal Dcfects—-——————111—1111
Other Deformities1—1——————-—-_—11
Other Defects1083———-—44421—11
Teeth—114—66—18—27—105—63_25_32
Number of Children for troatment152874251125954665