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London County Council 1916

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

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• APPEXDIX II.—Table showing the results of medical inspection.

Elementary schools.Special schools.
Entrants.Intermediate.Leavers.Total.Urgent and special.Myope.Deaf.Mentally defective.
SelectedTotal.*Boys.Girls.BoysGirls.Boys.Girls.Boys and Girls.Boys and Girls.Boys and Girls.
Boys.Gills.
Number examined13,22212,74684,08842,96542,81143,30143,682256,84718,13421,241140 —195 —2,152 —
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Skin diseases ... (f)459349808 1-0803 1-9654 1-5716 1-7560 1-33,541 1-41,2951,3517 5-05 2-650 2-3
(*)278205483 0-6412 10329 0-8328 0-8265 0-61,817 0-79769992 1-43 1-519 0-9
Enlarged Tonsils ... (/)3,4143,1797,593 9-04,927 11-55,692 13-33,800 8-84,575 10-525,587 10-041056911 7-912 62198 9-2
Adenoid growths ... (f)1,9441,4583,402 4-02,365 5-51,959 4-61,350 3-11,092 2-570,168 4-03904065 3-66 3-1163 7-6
Tonsils or adenoids (x)1,9371,6413,578 432,142 502,060 4-81,469 3-41,625 3-710,874 4-24865784 2-92 1-0121 5-6
Othernose&throat defect s(/)6274691,096 1-31,538 3-6988 2-31,206 2-8839 1-95,667 2-22913097 506 3-1128 5-9
» » (x)180127307 0-4325 0-8214 0-1277 0-6185 0-41,308 0-52142241 0-721 1-0
Enlarge^ glands of neck (/)1,9601,7633,723 4-44,161 9-73,832 8-92,875 6-62,919 6-717,150 6-718820813 9-38 4-1159 7-4
(*)136115251 0-3151 0-4145 0-371 0-289 0-2707 0-38493_5 0-2
External eye disease (/)1,2871,2452,532 3-01,657 3-91,697 401,241 2-91,261 2-98,388 3-39281,06414 10-08 41135 6-3
.. " .. (x)8978541,751 2-1754 1-8742 1-7482 1 1468 1-14,197 1-6736807__58 2-7
Vision test f6.6 R. and L. eye ...16,844 40-614,988 36-023,464 54-421,023 48-476,319 45-0_57 45-2560 28-2
6.9 R. or L. eye16,315 39-217,948 43-010,359 24-012,266 28-356,888 33-539 310841 42-4
6.12 or worse R. or L.8,394 20-28,741 21-09,317 21-610,105 23-336,557 21-51,1041,45730 23-8582 29-4
Vision ... ... (x)5,057 12-25,253 12-66,406 14-86,818 15-723,534 13-99501,1995 40285 14-4
Ear disease ... (/)5465431,089 1-3802 1-9897 2-1901 2-1930 2-14,619 1-86415896 4-328 14-484 3-9
(x)355364719 09451 10468 1-1537 1-2487 1 12,662 1052547915 7-755 2-6
Defective hearing If)163.155318 0-4643 1-5698 1-6754 1-7795 1-83,208 1-21912063 21_89 4-1
(x)454388 0-1224 0-5270 0-6287 0-7284 0-61,153 0-41561492 1-4_28 1-3
Stammering ... (/)281442 0-0151 0-453 0-1196 0-571 0-2513 0-2131-6 0-3
(x)— —8 0-01 0-015 002 0-026 0-04_-_
Other speech defects (/)15396249 0-3362 0-8194 0-5233 0-5158 0-41,196 0-5297_7 3-690 4-2
... (*)134 0-010 0-04 0-04 0-05 0027 0-0114_
Heart defects ... (fJ442393835 101,521 3-51,476 3-41,465 3-41,929 4-47,226 2-84395955 3-612 6-2115 5-3
(x]242650 0185 0-282 0-293 0-2138 0-3448 0-2601121 0-75 0-2
Anaemia ... ... (/;9077901,697 2-01,555 3-61,834 4-31,161 2-71,563 3-67,810 3-03684806 4-337 19-0102 4-7
(*!370413783 0-9442 1-0616 1-4287 0-7510 1-22,638 1-02222991 0-76 3-132 1-5
Lung complaints ... (J]1,0569492,005 2-41,883 4-41,747 4-11,196 2-81,091 2-57,922 3-14604606 4-318 9-2109 5-1
„ „ — (x.320303623 0-7433 1-0394 0-9190 0-4184 0-41,824 0-72001821 0-72 1-022 1-0
Nervous diseases ... (/196207403 0-5511 1-2572 1-3392 0-9658 1-52,536 1-05086063 2-15 2-682 3-8
„ ••• (*]333265 0-184 0-286 0-255 0-188 0-2378 0-11952591 0-7__16 0-7
Phthisis ... ... (f\282553 0-191 0-288 0-284 0-279 0-2395 0-2182213-9 0-4
(*]11617 0-035 0-124 0-127 0 130 0-1133 0-195104__2 0-1
Other tubercular disease (J]6642106 0-1104 0-286 0-273 0-276 0-2447 0-21731941 0-71 0-59 0-4
„ — (*:221537 0-034 0-131 0-114 0-022 0-1138 0189834 0-2
Rickets ... ... (f573312885 1 11,018 2-4500 1-2696 1-6326 0-73,425 1-353396 3-194 4-4
(x]8948137 0-226 0-110 0-06 0-011 0-0190 0-12724_3 0-1
Deformities ... If275139414 0-5832 1-9755 1-8979 2-31,305 3-04,285 1-71651693 2-15 2-682 3-8
(x\573491 0-1147 0-3178 0-4164 0-4282 0-6862 0-37598_2 1-015 0-7
Infectious disease (J292756 0126 0-125 0-112 0-018 0-0137 0-16366__1 0-0
it ... (■',181533 0-012 0-010 0-04 0-011 0-070 0-02632__1 00
Malnutrition ... (J]110133243 0-3281 0-7281 0-7147 0-3147 0-31,099 0-457712 1-41 0-517 0-8
(x)5781138 0-2167 0-4177 0-480 0-290 0-2652 0-335381 0-71 0-59 0-4
Glands other than throat (/]16925 0-034 0-133 0-135 0-1151 0-3278 0-1111812 0-6
n >i (•*-]426 0-05 0-04 0-07 0-015 0-037 0-0696 0-3
Other defects ... (/)476418894 1 1925 2-21,052 2-5844 1-91,037 2-44,752 1-97781,0343 2-13 1-554 2-5
(x)261234495 0-6451 1-0513 1-2358 0-8458 1-02,275 0-94846321 0-72 1-027 13
No. noted for treatment9,6619,41519,076 22-717,185 40-017,632 41-216,960 .39-217,562 40-288,415 34-45,5886,34029 20-745 2Z-l970 45-1
No. where parent present9,6379,39619,033 73-2123,578 54-926,433 61-717,640 40-722,819 52-2109,503 55-237 26-485 43-G904 42 0

(J) Signifies defects found, (x) Cases njte.1 as requiring treatment. * Including preliminary examinations, 58,liiu children. T The percentages refer only to the cases in which the vision was tested, t Percentage present at detailed examinations..