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London County Council 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.
Appendix VI.
APPENDIX VI.

Table: MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, 1911. SUMMARY OF DEFECTIVE CONDITIONS REPORTED BY SCHOOL DOCTORS.INFANTS (" ENTRANTS.")

MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, 1911. SUMMARY OF DEFECTIVE CONDITIONS REPORTED BY SCHOOL DOCTORS.

INFANTS (" ENTRANTS.")

Divisional superintendent's area, (Constituent boroughs.)Number of children examined (boys and girls).Cleanliness.Clothing.Nutrition.Teeth.Eyes.Throat and Nose.Ears.Speech.Heart.Lungs.Skin.Glands.Rickets.Deformities.Nervous complaints.Anaemia.Tuberculosis (not pulmonary).Other defects.
Good.Average.Bad.Good.Average.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 stuttering.Other defects.Valvular lesion.Other defects.Phthisis.Otherdefects.Ringworm.Other defects.
1. Chelsea4,0922,2041,5283601,7491,9693741,4862,1674392,5279326331761564965424123651404161351484215413113326123562917812151
(Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Kensington)54%37%9%43%48%9%36%53%11%62%23%15%4.3%3.8%12.1%13.2%1.0 %.6%.6%3.4%.1%.4%.3%1.2%1.2%1.0%3.8%.3%2.8%8.0%3.0%1.4%.7%4.3%.3%3.7%
2. Paddington3,0931,7681,0712541,6321,2901711,2291,6142501,75591042813573231396/2219509077726261794655325393819686110
(St. Marylebone, Paddington, City of Westminster)57%35%8%53%42%5%40%52%8%57%29%14%4.4%2.4%7.5%12.8%.7%.6%.6%2.9%.2%.2%.2%.8%.8%.5%5%.2%1.8%10.5%1.3%1.3%.6%2.2%.2%3.6%
3. St. Pancras2,6891,6098891911,2891,1872131,2101,1563231,4938723241119196160281946786961016237745470383029101662
(St Pancras, Hampstead, Holborn)60%33%7%48%44%8%45%45%12%56%52%12%4.1%3.4%3.6%6.0%1.0%.7%1.7%2.9%.2%.3%.2%.4%.6%.9%2.9%.1%2.0%2.6%1.4%1.1%1.1%3.8%.2%2.3%
4. Islington3,5831,8741,4462631,3871,8453511,2901,8624312,1041,034445168159397528172168132716363172331551310151717987231421375
(Islington, Finsbury)52%41%7%39%51%10%36%52%12%59%29%12%4.7%4.4%11.1%14.7%.5%.6%1.9%3.7%.2%.4%1.0%.9%2.0%.9%4.3%.3%2.8%14.4%5.0%2.4%.6%4.0%.3%2.1%
5. Hackney3,4421,6881,4732811,5501,6382541,2011,8683732,33678532117814345645080338219221819454061511415430912942351817128
(Hackney, Stoke Newing-ton, Shoreditch)49%43%8%45%48%7%35%54%11%68%23%9%5.2%4.2%13.2%13.1%2.3%1.0%2.4%5.6%.6%.2%.6%1.3%1.2%.2%4.4%.4%4.5%9.0%3.7%1.2%1.0%5.3%.2%3.7%
6. City and Stepney2,9269981,5293998271,6974029921,6592751,6318774181961552663423414401037111313998211147120442927461447
(City of London, Stepney)34%52%14%28%58%14%34%57%9%56%30%14%6.7%5.3%9.1%11.7%1.2%.5%1.4%3.5%.2%.4%.4%.4%.3%.3%2.8%.4%5.0%4.1%1.5%1.0%.9%1.6%.5%1.6%
7. Poplar3,2891,2381,6064451,0291,8823781,2781,6933182,193835261245200346313347569166241039642022120131702531044632817119
(Poplar, Bethnal Green)38%49%13%31%57%12%39%51%10%67%25%8%7.5%6.1%10.5%9.5%1.0%2.3%2.1%5.0%.7%.3%1.2%1.9%.6%.7%3.6%.4%5.2%7.7%3.2%1.4%1.0%2.5%.2%3.6%
8. Greenwich3,6571,9311,5172091,5131,9402041,4901,9032642,1181,1204191211233633923412789481411211275214968425513961387
(Greenwich, Lewis ham, Woolwich)53%41%6%41%53%6%41%52%7%58 %31%11%3.3%3.4%9.9%10.7%.9%.3%2.1%2.6%.2%.4%.3%.6%.3%.2%1.4%.4%2.6%2.3%.7%1.4%1.1%1.7%.1%2.4%
9. Camberwell3,7871,8901,6272701,6631,8382861,6771,8732372,1181,275394240123357450527946137176183621710771071964986221108126
(Camberwell, Deptford)50%43%7%44%,49%7%44%50 %6%56%34%10%6.3%3.2%9.4%11.9%1.4%2.1%1.2%3.6%.4%.2%.3%.2%1.4%.4%2.6%.2%2.8%5.2%1.3%2.3%.6%2.9%.2%3.3%
10. Walworth4,0661,5212,0904551,2022,3864781,3692,2794182,3571,173536234218708633727410020926153243831723216175469121603318022281
(Bermondsey, Southwark)37%52%11%29%59%12%34%56%10%58%29%13%5.8%5.4%17.4%15.6%1.8%1.8%2.5%5.1%.6%.4%.8%1.1%2.0%.4%5.7%.4%4.3%11.5%3.0%1.5%.8%4.4%.5%6.9%
11. Lambeth2,3771,5157331291,3649011121,869571341,5056082649596229293432749771218181998354813229212586672
(Lambeth)w64%31%5%57%55%5%54%40%6%6326%11%4.0%4.0%9.6%12.3%1.8%1.1%2.1%3.2%.5%-.3%.8%.8%.4%3.5%.2%2.0%5.6%1.2%.9%1.1%3.6%.3%3.0%
12. Wandsworth3,8792,4771,2051972,3141,3711941,2842,2553401,7181,61454712169353465192245921671429111449187315833201229447
(Wandsworth, Batter sea)64%31%5%60%35%5%33%58%9%44%42%14%3.1%1.8%9.1%12.0%.5%.6%1.2%2.4%.4%.2%.4%.7%.3%.4%1.3%.5%1.9%4.1%.9%.5%.3%.7%.1%1.2%
London County40,88020,71316,7143,45317,51919,9443,41715,79221,2863,80223,85512,0354.9902,0201,6064,2984,9644764187381,5101551202163873772061,3561341,2932,9599135663251,2631081,305
51%41%8%43%49%8%39%52%9%58%30%12%4.9%3.9%10.5%12.1%1.2%1.0%1.8%3.7%.4%.3%.5%.9%.9%.5%3.3%.3%3.2%7.2%2.2%1.4%.8%3.1%.3%3.2%