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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
London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Appendix IV.
Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.
APPENDIX IV.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, 1911. SUMMARY OF DEFECTIVE CONDITIONS REPORTED BY SCHOOL DOCTORS.
CHILDREN AGED 8-9 YEARS.
| Divisional Superintendent's area. (Constituent boroughs). | Number - of children ex- . amined. | Cleanliness. | Clothing. | Nutrition. | Teeth. | Eyes. | Throat and nose. | Ears. | Speech. | Heart | Lungs. | Skin. | Glands. | Rickets. | Deformities. | Nervous complaints. | Anæmia. | Tuberculosis (not pulmonary). | Other defects. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good. | Average. | Bad. | Good. | Aver- age. | Bad. | Good. | Average. | Bad. | Good. | Average. | Bad. | Defective vision and squint. | Disease. | Adenoids. | Tonsils. | Diseases of nose. | Other defects. | Deafness. | Discharging. | Other defects. | Stammering and | Other defects. | Valvular lesion. | Other defects. | 1 Phthisis. | Other defects. | I Ringworm. | Other defects. | |||||||||||
| 1. Chelsea | Boys | 3,684 | 1,955 | 1,334 | 395 | 1,464 | 1,824 | 396 | 1 332 | 1,914 | 438 | 1,715 | 1,170 | 799 | 257 | 66 | 321 | 372 | 34 | 23 | 55 | 66 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 49 | 66 | 46 | 104 | 17 | 78 | 136 | 56 | 62 | 26 | 67 | 10 | 116 | |
| (Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Kensington) | Girls | 3,513 | 55% | 36% | 11% | 40% | 49% | 11% | 36% | 52% | 12% | 46% | 32% | 22% | 7.0% | 2.5% | 8.7% | 10.1% | .9 % | .6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | .4% | .5% | .2% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 2.8% | .5% | 2.1% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 1.8% | .7% | 1.8% | .3% | 3.0% | |
| 1,946 | 1,177 | 390 | 1,548 | 1,627 | 338 | 1,286 | 1,850 | 377 | 1,638 | 1,100 | 775 | 273 | 53 | 270 | 379 | 28 | 17 | 55 | 67 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 69 | 34 | 66 | 12 | 50 | 160 | 33 | 74 | 31 | 85 | 18 | 116 | ||||
| 55% | 34% | 11% | 44% | 46% | 10% | 36% | 53% | 11% | 47% | 31% | 22% | 7.5% | 1.5% | 7.7% | 10.8% | .8% | .5% | 1.6% | 1.9% | .3% | .1% | .1% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.9% | .3% | 1.4% | 4.6% | .9% | 2.1% | .9% | 2.4% | .5% | 3.3% | ||||
| 2. Paddington | Boys | 2, 162 | 1,119 | 857 | 186 | 1,013 | 1,005 | 144 | 641 | 1,220 | 301 | 778 | 996 | 388 | 159 | 27 | 82 | 136 | 22 | 9 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 78 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 51 | |
| (Paddington, St. Marylebone, City of Westminster) | Girls | 1,955 | 52% | 40% | 8% | 47% | 46% | 7% | 30% | 56% | 14% | 36% | 46% | 18% | 7.4% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 6.3% | 1.0% | .4% | 1.8% | 1.2% | ,.1% | .2% | .3% | .6% | .8% | .2% | 1.2% | .1% | 1.1% | 3.6% | .7% | 1.0% | .5% | 1.9% | - | 2.4% | |
| 1,056 | 637 | 262 | 991 | 837 | 127 | 705 | 1,018 | 232 | 779 | 838 | 338 | 150 | 17 | 64 | 150 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 62 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 46 | ||||
| 54% | 33% | 13% | 51% | 43% | 6% | 36% | 52% | 12% | 40% | 43% | 17% | 7.7% | .9% | 3.3% | 7.7% | .5% | .2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | .1% | .2% | .4% | .8% | 1.6% | .5% | .9% | .6% | 1.0% | 3.2% | .6% | 1.0% | .3% | 1.3% | .2% | 2.4% | ||||
| 3. St. Pancras | Boys | 2,383 | 1,361 | 785 | 237 | 1,094 | 1,011 | 278 | 936 | 1,132 | 315 | 1,155 | 840 | 388 | 133 | 26 | 49 | 115 | 21 | 21 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 59 | |
| (Hampstead, Hol-born, St. Pancras) | Girls | 2,440 | 57% | 33% | 10% | 46% | 42% | 12% | 39% | 48% | 13% | 49% | 35% | 16% | 5.6% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 4.8% | .9% | .9% | 1.8% | 1.4% | .1% | .2% | .1% | .9% | .2% | .3% | 1.3% | .2% | .8% | 1.8% | .7% | 6% | .2% | 1.4% | .2% | 2.5% | |
| 1,428 | 789 | 223 | 1,211 1,211 | 1,025 | 204 | 1,054 | 1,127 | 259 | 1,172 | 937 | 331 | 144 | 16 | 32 | 120 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 36 | ||||
| 59% | 32% | 9% | 50% | 42% | 8% | 43% | 46% | 11% | 48% | 38% | 14% | 5.9% | .7% | 1.3% | 4.9% | .5% | .2% | 1.0% | .1.5% | .1% | - | .1% | .9% | .3% | .5% | 1.2% | .3% | .5% | .7% | - | .6% | .1% | 1.8% | .1% | 1.5% | ||||
| 4. Islington | Boys | 3,576 | 1,702 | 1,556 | 318 | 1,279 | 1,884 | 413 | 779 | 2,202 | 595 | 1,456 | 1,433 | 687 | 310 | 59 | 271 | 385 | 12 | 12 | 96 | 72 | - | 20 | 9 | 50 | 53 | 25 | 79 | 20 | 54 | .7% | - | .6% | .1% | 1.8% | .1% | 1.5% | |
| (Islington, Fins-bury) | Girls | 3,159 | 48% | 43% | 9% | 36% | 53% | 11% | 22% | 61% | 17% | 41% | 40% | 19% | 8.7% | 1.6% | 7.6% | 10.8% | .3% | .3% | 2.7% | 2.0% | --' | .6% | .3% | 1.4% | 1.5% | .7% | 2.2% | .6% | 1.5% | 12.0% | 3.3% | 2.4% | .6% | 3.1% | .1% | 1.6% | |
| 1,554 | 1,259 | 346 | 1,247 | 1,671 | 241 | 922 | 1,831 | 1406 | 1,329 | 1,251 | 579 | 276 | 48 | 203 | 285 | 9 | 8 | 80 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 61 | 25 | 55 | 10 | 36 | 318 | 44 | 82 | 22 | 80 | 2 | 50 | ||||
| 49% | 40% | 11% | 39% | 53% | 8% | 29% | 58% | 23% | 42% | 40% | 18% | 8.6% | 1.5% | 6.4% | 8.9% | .3% | .3% | 2.5% | 1.9% | .2% | .2% | .3% | 1.7% | 1.9% | .8% | 1.7% | .3% | 1.1% | 10.0% | 1.4% | 2.6% | .7% | 2.5% | .1% | 1.6% | ||||
| 5. Hackney | Boys | 3,415 | 1,809 | 1,282 | 324 | 1,493 | 1,537 | 385 | 1,010 | 1,971 | 434 | 1,744 | 1,281 | 390 | 306 | 71 | 258 | 310 | 31 | 33 | 98 | 86 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 76 | 22 | 86 | 198 | 95 | 39 | 21 | 117 | 9 | 100 | |
| (Hackney, Stoke Newington, Shore-ditch) | Girls | 3,196 | 53% | 38% | 9% | 44% | 45% | 11% | 29% | 58% | 13% | 51% | 38% | 11% | 9.0% | 2.1% | 7.6% | 9.1% | .9% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 2.5% | .2% | .2% | .2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | .1% | 2.2% | .6% | 2.5% | 5.8% | 2.8% | 1.1% | .6% | 3.4% | .3% | 2.9% | |
| 1,625 | 1,202 | 369 | 1,466 | 1,470 | 260 | 1,077 | 1,779 | 340 | 1,807 | 1,063 | 326 | 292 | 65 | 179 | 305 | 13 | 28 | 82 | 73 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 4 | 52 | 14 | 85 | 158 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 124 | 7 | 74 | ||||
| 51% | 38% | 11% | 46% | 46% | 8% | 34% | 56% | 10% | 57% | 33% | 10% | 9.1% | 2.0% | 5.6% | 9.5% | .4% | .9% | 2.6% | 2.3% | .3% | .2% | .1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | .1% | 1.6% | .4% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 3.9% | .2% | 2.3% | ||||
| 6. City and Stepney | Boys | 3,179 | 854 | 1,810 | 515 | 638 | 2,015 | 526 | 673 | 2,122 | 384 | 1,300 | 1,339 | 540 | 492 | 91 | 186 | 282 | 28 | 10 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 14 | 52 | 81 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 46 | 5 | 43 | |
| (City of London Stepney) | Girls | 3,021 | 27% | 57% | 16% | 20% | 63% | 17% | 21% | 67% | 12% | 41% | 42% | 17% | 15.0% | 2.9% | 5.9% | 8.9% | .9% | .3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | .1% | .4% | .2% | .8% | .3% | .2% | 1.4% | .4% | 1.6% | 2.5% | .5% | 8% | .4% | 1.4% | .2% | 1.4% | |
| 866 | 1,591 | 564 | 674 | 1,969 | 378 | 765 | 2,009 | 247 | 1,258 | 1,270 | 493 | 489 | 65 | 164 | 260 | 23 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 5 | 74 | 50 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 42 | 4 | 49 | ||||
| 29% | 53% | 18% | 22% | 65% | 13% | 25% | 67% | 8% | 42% | 42% | 16% | 16.0% | 2.0% | 5.4% | 8.6% | .8% | .1% | 1.3% | 1.5% | .1% | .1% | .1% | .9% | .2% | .4% | 1.4% | .2% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2 | .8% | .7% | 1.4% | .1% | 1.6% | ||||
| 7. Poplar | Boys | 2,849 | 1,001 | 1,516 | 332 | 797 | 1,698 | 354 | 815 | 1,685 | 349 | 1,533 | 976 | 340 | 475 | 81 | 219 | 245 | 17 | 40 | 71 | 63 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 17 | 64 | 10 | 71 | 126 | 31 | 45 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 82 | |
| (Poplar. Bethnal Green) | Girls | 2,762 | 35% | 53% | 12% | 25% | 60% | 29% | 59% | 22% | 54% | 34% | 12% | 17.0% | 2.8% | 7.7% | 8.6% | .6% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 5% | .4% | 1.1% | 1.6% | .6% | .6% | 2.2% | .4% | 2.5% | 4.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% | .8% | 1.5% | .2% | 2.9% | ||
| 922 | 1 389 | 451 | 873 | 1,626 | 263 | 894 | 1,555 | 313 | 1,532 | 937 | 293 | 479 | 91 | 224 | 260 | 15 | 25 | 93 | 74 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 50 | 30 | 14 | 65 | 4 | 118 | 106 | 37 | 49 | 23 | 60 | 4 | 67 | ||||
| 34% | 50% | 16% | 32% | 59% | 9% | 33% | 56% | 11% | 55% | 34% | 11% | 17.3% | 3.3% | 8.1% | 9.4% | .5% | .9% | 3.4% | 2.7% | .4% | .2% | .7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | .5% | 2.4% | .1% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 1.8% | .8% | 2.2% | .1% | 2.4% | ||||
| 8. Greenwich | Boys | 3,081 | 1,430 | 1,471 | 180 | 1,154 | 1,733 | 194 | 1,145 | 1,684 | 252 | 1,250 | 1,318 | 513 | 197 | 63 | 221 | 277 | 29 | 18 | 89 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 55 | 5- | 34 | 19 | 46 | 7 | 71 | |
| (Greenwich, Lewis-ham, Woolwich) | Girls | 3,048 | 40% | 48% | 6% | 38% | 56% | 6% | 37% | 55% | 8%, | 40% | 43% | 17% | 6.4% | 2.0% | 7.2% | 9.0% | .9% | .6% | 2.9% | 1.4% | .5% | .3% | .1% | .7% | .3% | .1% | .6% | .1% | 1.4% | 1.8% | .2% | 1.1% | .6% | 1.5% | .2% | 2.3 % | |
| 1,631 | 1,215 | 202 | 1,253 | 1,637 | 158 | 1,283 | 1,522 | 243 | 1,302 | 1,248 | 498 | 222 | 69 | 188 | 280 | 33 | 6 | 80 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 37 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 46 | 6 | 62 | ||||
| 53% | 40% | 7% | 41% | 54% | 5% | 42% | 50% | 8% | 43% | 41% | 16% | 7.3% | 2.3% | 6.2% | 9.2% | 1.1% | .2% | 2.6% | 1.7% | .3% | .2% | .1% | .3% | .2% | .3% | .3% | .2% | 1.6% | 1.2% | .2% | .9% | 11.0% | 1.5% | .2% | 2.0% | ||||
| 9. Camberwell | Boys | 2,979 | 1,436 | 1,361 | 182 | 1.167 | 1,541 | 271 | 1,040 | 1,733 | 206 | 1,198 | 1,273 | 508 | 263 | 33 | 190 | 252 | 19 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 44 | 6 | 43 | 131 | 29 | 57 | 16 | 51 | 6 | 102 | |
| (Camberwell, Dept-ford) | Girls | 3.003 | 48% | 46% | 6% | 39% | 52% | 9% | 35% | 58% | 7% | 40% | 43% | 17% | 9.0% | 1.1% | 6.4% | 8.5% | .6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | .3% | .3% | .5% | .9% | .6% | .4% | 1.5% | .2% | 1.4% | 4.4% | 1.0% | 1.9% | .5% | 1.7% | .2% | 3.4% | |
| 1474 | 1,293 | 236 | 1,371 | 1,427 | 205 | 1,185 | 1,645 | 173 | 1,179 | 1,393 | 431 | 338 | 57 | 153 | 262 | 19 | 24 | 48 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 37 | 123 | 16 | 44 | 1 4 | 62 | 5 | 56 | ||||
| 49% | 43% | 8% | 46'% | 47% | 7% | 39% | 55% | 6% | 39% | 47% | 14% | 11.3% | 1.9% | 5.1% | 8.7% | .6% | .8% | 1.6% | 1.6% | .4% | - | .2% | 1.0% | 1.0% | .4% | 1.0% | .2% | 1.2% | 4.1% | .5% | 1.5% | .5% | 2.1% | .2% | 1.9% | ||||
| 10. Walworth | Boys | 3,082 | 1,149 | 1,656 | 277 | 854 | 1,879 | 349 | 845 | 1,951 | 286 | I 1,244 | 1,280 | 558 | 367 | 64 | 237 | 282 | 27 | 53 | 59 | 76 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 75 | 14 | 88 | 10 | 91 | 233 | 22 | 40 | 19 | 109 | 3 | 158 | |
| (Bermondsey, Southwark) | Girls | 3,011 | 37% | 54% | 9% | 28% | 61% | 11% | 28% | 63% | 9% | 40% | 42% | 18% | 12.0% | 2.1% | 7.7% | 9.1% | .9% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.5% | .5% | .2% | .4% | 1.2% | 2.4% | .5% | 2.9% | .3% | 3.0% | 7.6% | .7% | 1.3% | .6% | 3.5% | .1% | 5.1% | |
| 1,258 | 1,375 | 378 | 961 | 1,745 | 305 | 925 | 1,799 | 287 | 1,296 | 1,208 | 507 | 434 | 64 | 233 | 315 | 15 | 40 | 66 | 69 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 64 | 8 | 90 | 4 | 96 | 234 | 34 | 46 | 18 | 124 | 7 | 196 | ||||
| 42% | 46% | 12% | 32% | 58% | 10% | 31% | 60% | 9% | 43% | 40% | 17% | 14.4% | 2.1% | 7.7% | 10.5% | .5% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2.3% | .6% | .2% | .2% | 1.9% | 2.1% | .3% | 3.0% | .1% | 3.2% | 7.8% | 1.1% | 1.5% | .6% | 4.1% | .2% | 6.5% | ||||
| 11. Lambeth | Boys | 2,036 | 1,236 | 690 | 110 | 1,140 | 774 | 122 | 825 | 1,049 | 162 | 959 | 739 | 338 | 169 | 41 | 159 | 191 | 36 | 17 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 42 | 139 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 4 | 67 | |
| (Lambeth) | Girls | 1,963 | 61% | 34% | 5% | 56% | 38% | 6% | 40% | 52% | 8% | 47% | 36% | 17% | 8.0% | 2.0% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 1.8% | .8% | 1.9% | 1.7% | .3% | .1% | .1% | .8% | .6% | .2% | 1.3% | .2% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 1.9% | .6% | .6% | 3.2% | .2% | 3.3% | |
| 1,242 | 591 | 130 | 1,227 | 669 | 67 | 980 | 860 | 123 | 992 | 706 | 265 | 192 | 37 | 141 | 220 | 26 | 6 | 49 | 35 | 5 | - | 4 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 54 | 3 | 51 | ||||
| 63% | 30% | 7% | 62% | 34% | 4% | 50% | 44% | 6% | 51% | 36% | 13% | 9.8% | 1.9% | 7.2% | 11.2% | 1.3% | .3% | 2.5% | 1.8% | .3% | - — | .2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | .3% | .8% | .3% | 1.4% | 2.2% | .8% | 1.0% | .8% | 2.7% | .2% | 2.6% | ||||
| 12. Wandsworth | Boys | 4,073 | 2,336 | 1,463 | 274 | 2,095 | 1,686 | 292 | 1,183 | 2,460 | 430 | 1,549 | 1,827 | 697 | 265 | 46 | 220 | 365 | 18 | 14 | 146 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 58 | 140 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 52 | |
| (Wandsworth, Batter sea) | Girls | 3,893 | 57% | 36% | 7% | 52% | 41% | 7% | 29% | 60% | 11% | 38% | 45% | 17% | 6.5% | 1.1% | 5.4% | 9.0% | .4% | .3% | 3.6% | .8% | .2% | .3% | .1% | 1.0% | .2% | .3% | .9% | .2% | 1.4% | 3.4% | .8% | .2% | .4% | .4% | - | 1.3% | |
| 2,289 | l,288 | 316 | 2,149 | 1,496 | 248 | 1,431 | 2,070 | 392 | 1,523 | 1,692 | 678 | 275 | 38 | 194 | 370 | 24 | 13 | 107 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 80 | 121 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 55 | ||||
| 59% | 33% | 8% | 55% | 39% | 6% | 37% | 53% | 10% | 39% | 44% | 27% | 7.1% | 1.0% | 5.0% | 9.5% | .6% | .3% | 2.7% | 1.7% | .2% | .1% | .1% | .9% | .3% | .3% | .6% | .2% | 2.1% | 3.1% | .4% | .7% | .3% | .3% | .1% | 1.4% | ||||
| London County . | Boys | 36,499 | 17.388 | 15,781 | 3,330 14,188 | 18,587 | 3,724 | 11,224 | 21,123 | 4,152 | 15.881 | 14,472 | 6,146 | 3,393 | 668 | 2,413 | 3,212 | 294 | 297 | 822 | 614 | 95 | 118 | 110 | 381 | 322 | l60 | 641 | 123 | 646 | 1,692 | 477 | 4 45 | 200 | 746 | 60 | 960 | ||
| Girls | 34,964 | 48% | 43% | .9% 39% | 51% | 10% | 31% | 58% | 11% | 43% | 40% | 17% | 9.3% | 1.8% | 6.6% | 8.8% | .8% | .8% | 2.2% | 1.7% | .3% | .3% | .3% | 1.0% | .9% | .4% | 1.8% | .3% | 1.8% | 4.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% | .5% | 2.0% | .2% | 2.6% | |||
| 17,291 | 13,806 | 3,867 14,971 | 17,199 | 2,794 | 12,507 | 19,065 | 3,392 | 15,807 | 13,643 | 5,514 | 3,564 | 620 | 2,045 | 3,206 | 226 | 180 | 756 | 651 | 94 | 45 | 75 | 423 | 376 | 156 | 491 | 93 | 684 | 1,429 | 250 | 457 | 228 | 759 | 66 | 858 | |||||
| 49% | 40% | 11% 43% | 49% | 8% | 36% | 54% | 10% | 45% | 39% | 16% | 10.2% | 1.8% | 5.9% | 9.2% | .6% | .5% | 2.2% | 1.9% | .3% | .1% | .2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | .4% | 1.4% | .3% | 2.0% | 4.1% | .7% | 1.3% | .7% | 2.2% | .2% | 2.5% | |||||
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APPEN DIX IV.