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London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Appendix VIII.
APPENDIX VIII.
DEFECTS FOUND AND REFERRED FOR TREATMENT UNDER COUNCIL'S SCHEME, 1911.
(Including cases from special schools.)
| Area. | Average number on roll, year ended 31.3.1911. | Defects. | Area. | Average number on roll, year ended 31.3.1911. | Defects. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ears, throat, nose, adenoids. | Eyes. | Ring-worm. | Total. | Ears, throat, nose, adenoids. | Eyes. | Ringworm. | Total. | ||||
| Battersea | 19,176 | 1,044 | 488 | 16 | 1,548 | Lambeth, N. | 8,778 | 657 | 289 | 35 | 981 |
| Bermondsey | 17,134 | 996 | 534 | 8 | 1,538 | Lewisham | 22,666 | 1,147 | 681 | 28 | 1,856 |
| Bethnal Green, N.E. | 14,648 | 1,004 | 655 | 4 | 1,663 | Limehouse | 11,069 | 440 | 464 | 9 | 913 |
| Bethnal Green, S.W. | 13,428 | 454 | 724 | 13 | 1,191 | Marylebone, E. | 4,127 | 167 | 100 | 23 | 290 |
| Bow and Bromley | 16,362 | 870 | 604 | 4 | 1,478 | Marylebone, W. | 9,649 | 489 | 351 | 30 | 870 |
| Brixton | 8,742 | 485 | 271 | 22 | 778 | Mile End | 7,218 | 459 | 451 | 4 | 914 |
| Camberwell | 19,931 | 1,062 | 794 | 24 | 1,880 | Newington, W. | 9,920 | 535 | 296 | 10 | 841 |
| Chelsea | 8,712 | 462 | 313 | 23 | 798 | Norwood | 10,837 | 1,029 | 597 | 53 | 1,679 |
| City of London | 2,982 | 139 | 204 | - | 343 | Paddington, N. | 13,427 | 526 | 331 | 43 | 900 |
| Clapham | 21,144 | 899 | 482 | 21 | 1,402 | Paddington, S. | 4,662 | 236 | 112 | 8 | 356 |
| Deptford | 17,014 | 1,042 | 631 | 26 | 1,699 | Peckham | 15,616 | 541 | 551 | 40 | 1,132 |
| Dulwich | 11,037 | 323 | 275 | 31 | 629 | Poplar | 14,541 | 736 | 724 | 5 | 1,465 |
| Finsbury, C. | 9,927 | 531 | 391 | 6 | 928 | Rotherhithe | 14,498 | 1,135 | 691 | 4 | 1,830 |
| Finsbury, E. | 6,050 | 334 | 172 | 3 | 509 | St. George, Hanover-square | 4,112 | 142 | 75 | 11 | 228 |
| Fulham | 27,957 | 1,292 | 732 | 48 | 2,072 | ||||||
| Greenwhich | 19,023 | 996 | 539 | 44 | 1,579 | St. George-in-the-East | 11,680 | 356 | 618 | 5 | 979 |
| Hackney, C. | 9,360 | 373 | 263 | 5 | 641 | St. Pancras, E. | 10,227 | 532 | 362 | 11 | 905 |
| Hackney, N. | 11,836 | 409 | 282 | 21 | 712 | St. Pancras, N. | 9,210 | 148 | 229 | 25 | 402 |
| Hackney, S. | 20,909 | 870 | 662 | 20 | 1,552 | St. Pancras, S. | 5,050 | 206 | 183 | 7 | 396 |
| Haggerston | 10,875 | 707 | 491 | 10 | 1,208 | St. Pancras, W | 8,333 | 312 | 235 | 30 | 577 |
| Hammersmith | 16,727 | 832 | 448 | 59 | 1,339 | Southwark, W. | 11,145 | 738 | 373 | 10 | 1,121 |
| Hampstead | 6,938 | 180 | 70 | 41 | 291 | Stepney | 15,256 | 679 | 627 | 3 | 1,309 |
| Holhorn | 6,938 | 240 | 179 | 10 | 429 | Strand | 3,395 | 121 | 52 | 3 | 176 |
| Hoxton | 11,350 | 542 | 392 | 16 | 950 | Walworth | 12,609 | 565 | 481 | 46 | 1,092 |
| Islington, E. | 13,005 | 612 | 496 | 41 | 1,149 | Wandsworth | 36,872 | 1,686 | 965 | 155 | 2,806 |
| Islington, N. | 13,501 | 614 | 424 | 30 | 1,068 | Westminster | 6,378 | 179 | 73 | 4 | 256 |
| Islington, S. | 11,682 | 686 | 409 | 29 | 1,124 | Whitechapel | 16,120 | 690 | 853 | 10 | 1,553 |
| Islington, W. | 11,350 | 662 | 352 | 27 | 1,041 | Woolwich | 23,717 | 1,074 | 661 | 62 | 1,797 |
| Kennington | 12,625 | 547 | 370 | 20 | 937 | ||||||
| Kensington, N. | 13,762 | 738 | 399 | 38 | 1,175 | Total | 729,452 | 35,614 | 24,562 | 1,341 | 61,517 |
| Kensington, S. | 4,215 | 144 | 91 | 7 | 242 | ||||||
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