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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 VII.
A.—CHILDREN PRESENTED BY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR SPECIAL EXAMINATION ("SPECIAL AND URGENT CASES")
AND "ENTRANTS" INSPECTED.
| Department. | Number examined or inspected. | Eyes. | Throat and nose. | Ears. | Speech. | Heart. | Lungs. | Skin. | Glands. | Rickets. | Deformities. | Nervous complaints. | Anaemia. | Tuberculosis (not pulmonary). | Other defects. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defective vision and squint. | Disease. | Adenoids. | Tonsils. | Disease of nose. | Other defects. | Deafness. | Discharging. | Other defects. | Stammering and Stuttering. | Other Defects. | Valvular lesion. | Other defects. | Phthisis. | Other defects. | Ringworm. | Other defects. | ||||||||||
| Boys' | 5,840 | 1,315 | 298 | 581 | 569 | 88 | 69 | 401 | 481 | 27 | 57 | 51 | 111 | 60 | 73 | 108 | 46 | 238 | 192 | 44 | 111 | 112 | 154 | 24 | 328 | |
| Girls' | 7,260 | 1,749 | 368 | 801 | 879 | 103 | 81 | 494 | 492 | 36 | 25 | 42 | 178 | 126 | 113 | 137 | 34 | 288 | 238 | 64 | 182 | 179 | 292 | 43 | 450 | |
| Infants' | Examined | 6,151 | 1,066 | 704 | 1,161 | 1,191 | 154 | 89 | 341 | 610 | 58 | 36 | 71 | 67 | 46 | 52 | 174 | 56 | 394 | 565 | 118 | 130 | 97 | 329 | 50 | 34 |
| "Entrants" inspected | 96,791 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total. | Examined | 19,251 | 4,130 | 1,370 | 2,543 | 2,639 | 345 | 239 | 1,236 | 1,583 | 121 | 118 | 164 | 356 | 232 | 238 | 419 | 136 | 920 | 995 | 226 | 423 | 388 | 775 | 117 | 1,119 |
| "Entrants" inspected | 96,791 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
B.—ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1911.
| Department. | Number of children examined (inspected). | Parents present. | Total defects found (excluding dental). | Advice cards issued. | Examination sessions held. | Time given to examination and inspection. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Per 100 children examined. | Number. | Per 100 children examined in detail exclusive of urgent and special cases. | Number. | Per 100 children examined. | Number. | Average number examined. | Doctors. | Nurses. | Teacher. | Total. | Per child. | |||||
| Total. | Per child. | Total. | Per child. | Total. | Per child. | ||||||||||||
| hours. | minutes. | hours. | minutes. | hours. | minutes. | hours. | minutes. | ||||||||||
| Boys' | 79,293 | 45,364 | 57% | 42,461 | 50% | 28,746 | 36% | 9,785 | (a) | 23,047 | 4.6 | 28,760 | 5.7 | 22,854 | 4.6 | 74,661 | 14.9 |
| Girls' | 77,789 | 47,314 | 61% | 42,853 | 50% | 28,482 | 37% | ||||||||||
| Infants' | 47,031 | 32,920 | 70% | 35,613 | 68% | 20,888 | 44% | ||||||||||
| (96,791) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 204,113 | 125,598 | 62% | 120,927 | 54% | 78,116 | 38% | 9,785 | (a) | 23,047 | 4.6 | 28,760 | 5.7 | 22,854 | 4.6 | 74,661 | 14.9 |
| (96,791) | |||||||||||||||||
(a) During the spring and summer terms 96,791 "Entrants" were inspected in addition to those examined in detail. In the autumn term all Entrants were examined. The average number of children dealt with
in each session including children merely inspected was 30.7; but in 225 sessions in which all were examined in detail, the average number dealt with in each session was 22.6.