[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough] page 66

St Pancras 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras, 1921.

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Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras, 1921.

	Boys.								Girls.
	Entrants.		Age 8.		Age 12.		Leavers (nearly 14).		Entrants.		Age 8.		Age 12.		Leavers (nearly 14).
Number examined	2,061		1,517		1,666		1,492		2,030		1,539		1,670		1,533
	Cases.	†	Cases.	†	Cases.	†	Cases.	†	Cases.	†	Cases.	†	Cases.	†	Cases.	†
Skin diseases	57	42	33	18	39	25	27	17	64	45	25	16	33	19	45	29
Teeth	—	427	—	299	—	186	—	196	—	431	—	313	—	218	—	221
Enlarged tonsils (only)	291	42	176	28	158	19	103	21	297	32	178	34	224	30	157	25
Adenoids (only)	170	57	71	26	29	13	19	11	156	56	51	19	13	3	8	2
Tonsils and adenoids (together)	242	102	75	28	36	19	20	10	188	88	78	43	37	20	24	12
Other nose and throat defects	166	107	74	47	41	14	27	10	131	70	58	30	61	24	22	6
Cervical and submaxillary glands enlarged	354	9	260	1	169	3	116	5	300	4	200	1	141	2	121	3
Eye disease	75	51	33	18	50	24	25	10	64	39	71	18	42	15	23	14
Defective vision	Not tested.		—	181	—	223	—	158	Not tested.		—	200	—	213	—	164
Otorrhæa	47	28	20	16	20	20	9	9	48	39	19	16	14	13	16	12
Other ear defects	17	6	17	5	26	8	16	9	18	6	25	8	24	8	17	8
Defective hearing	33	5	26	7	27	8	18	6	34	6	19	4	26	5	19	6
Speech defects	36	1	20	—	17	4	10	—	29	1	25	—	18	—	10	—
Heart defects	41	4	35	4	36	3	35	4	37	8	35	9	61	7	50	3
Anæmia	59	38	50	22	52	24	39	16	52	38	58	34	68	30	79	43
Lungdefects(non-tuberculous)	169	59	41	15	40	9	18	4	148	44	43	12	36	9	12	2
Defects of nervous system	24	7	15	2	22	4	9	—	30	4	22	5	39	3	21	1
Phthisis	9	4	5	3	4	2	4	2	4	3	3	1	2	—	4	2
Other tubercular disease	1	1	4	3	5	2	3	1	5	3	1	—	4	2	4	3
Rickets	58	6	32	3	16	—	23	—	43	7	17	1	13	—	7	—
Spinal deformities	2	–	9	2	36	5	48	3	6	3	5	2	35	7	52	9
Other deformities	16	6	13	1	23	4	18	2	14	2	7	2	18	2	21	4
Malnutrition	33	29	25	22	21	18	17	17	44	38	22	19	24	18	14	11
Other defects or disease	102	56	63	35	45	22	18	8	114	69	71	46	88	34	78	37
Total number of children noted for treatment	910		623		541		465		821		663		569		533
Note.— Defects, however slight, are included under "cases." Those severe enough to require treatment are shown under †.