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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 1931

[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 1931

Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1931

Defect.Boys.Girl
EntrantsAge 8Age 12Age 14EntrantsAge 8Age 12Age 14
Number Examined226204189117235198136106
Cases+Case.+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+cases+
Malnutrition666611——114411——
Skin Disease4163312144215211
Enlarged Tonsils50143591867363163812175108
Adenoids1————-——1—1—————
Tonsils and Adenoids11—-------------
Other Nose and Throat7263111—5—42————
Enlarged Glands1—1-------2-----
External Eye Disease118331———139212—21
Vision———31—33—15_——16—20—16
Otorrhœa7633——114411_—32
Other Ear Disease1---------------
Hearing21—-----1-------
Stammering and Speech——1—21——1—1—1———
Heart1—3—4———5—3—6231
Anæmia313221—_—33————
Lungs53211———8533—-——
Nervous Disorders——11——-—2-——1—1—
Phthisis----------------
Other T.B. Disease——-_—_——--——_—_—
Rickets1-—___—_22_—-___
Spinal Defects——1l—_—_11——211—
Other Deformities1—11——1—1_——1—41
Other Defects4171422—92632—3—
Teeth—87—52—44—31_100—78—33—17
Number of Children for treatment1139681471251055642

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Defects, however slight, are included under " Cases." Those severe enough to require treatment are shown under +.