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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
Croydon 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE E
| Age. | No. exd. | Guardians present. | Total Kb. in whom Defects found. | Nature of Defects. | Written Directions to parents | Printed and verbal directions | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Want of Cleanliness. | Clothing. | Malnutriton | Extl. Eye Disease. | Nasopharyngeal Obstrn. | Ear Trouble | Deformity and Spinal Dis. | Affections of the Heart. | Lung Trouble. | Infectious or Contagious Disease. | Teeth. | |||||||||||||||||
| Heads. | body. | Clothing. | Defective Footgear. | Lateral Curvative. | Other Deformities. | Phthisis ? Phthisis. | Other Lung Trouble. | Mentally Defective | Sundry Defects | Urgent Defects. | Other Defects of any kind. | ||||||||||||||||
| Verminous | Nits only. | Dirty. | Verminous | Dirty. | Defective. | Dirty. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12-13 | 15 | 4 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | ... | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| 13-14 | 765 | 89 | 750 | 10 | 45 | ... | ... | 33 | 40 | 33 | 45 | ... | ... | 4 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 646 | 113 | 446 | 248 | 442 | |||
| 14-15 | 138 | 16 | 120 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 79 | 87 | 48 | 61 | ||
| 15-16 | 11 | 3 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 929 | 112 | 804 | 10 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 38 | 48 | 120 | 88 | 208 | 32 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 742 | 128 | 153 | 307 | 514 | |||
*Including Ringworm 1 Impetigo 1
GIRLS' SCHOOLS.
| 12-13 | 9 | ... | 10 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| 426 | 127 | 417 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | ... | ... | 345 | 69 | 256 | 130 | 244 | |||||
| 14-15 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 12 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 29 | |
| 15-16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| 486 | 477 | 17 | 168 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 51 | 6 | 17 | ... | 5 | ... | 6 | 395 | 74 | 292 | 147 | 281 |
INFANT'S (BOYS') SCHOOL
| 3-4 | 56 | 91 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 75 | ... | 33 | 8 | 60 | ||
| 4-5 | 344 | 149 | 308 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 12 | (1 ?) 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 257 | 2 | 24 | 243 | |
| 5-6 | 596 | 277 | 567 | 7 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 58 | 59 | 182 | 18 | 4 | 47 | 15 | (2 ?) 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 497 | 21 | 368 | 66 | 433 | |
| 6-7 | 289 | 122 | 276 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 23 | 88 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | (1 ?) 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 261 | 16 | 229 | 37 | 220 | |
| 7-8 | 92 | 32 | 92 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 35 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 85 | 4 | 76 | 10 | 76 | |
| 8-9 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 18 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
| 9-10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 10-11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | |
| 647 | 1357 | 25 | 106 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 46 | 32 | 175 | 148 | 428 | 32 | 10 | 44 | 19 | 33 | *20 | 20 | 47 | 889 | 152 |
† including Phthisis 4? * Including Ringworm 9 Impetigo 4 Scabies 4 Whooping Cough 3
INFANTS' (GIRLS') SCHOOLS.
| 3-4 | 85 | 40 | 72 | ... | 27 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 48 | ... | 27 | 4 | 49 | |
| 4-5 | 306 | 139 | 268 | 5 | 90 | I | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 81 | 9 | ... | 16 | 7 | (1 ?) 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 234 | 7 | 125 | 23 | 208 | |
| 5-6 | 644 | 303 | 607 | 27 | 170 | I | 5 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 66 | 54 | 177 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 514 | 32 | 409 | 65 | 481 |
| 6-7 | 32 3 | 126 | 315 | 14 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 32 | 92 | 7 | ... | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 273 | 16 | 214 | 40 | 253 |
| 7-8 | 104 | 44 | 95 | 9 | 39 | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 94 | 7 | 69 | 15 | 79 |
| 8-9 | 21 | 10 | 21 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 13 |
| 1483 | 662 | 55 | 432 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 18 | 29 | 51 | 136 | 125 | 397 | 32 | 3 | 69 | 36 | 39 | *21 | 12 | 1181 | 66 | 858 | 152 | 1081 |
† including Phthisis 1? * Including Ringworm 16 Impetigo 1 Whooping Cough 3 Diphtheria 1 Scarlet Fever 1
TOTALS ALL AGES BOYS' AND GIRLS.
| 4360 | 1564 | 4106 | 107 | 753 | 59 | 32 | 121 | 106 | 447 | 412 | 1165 | 72 | 22 | 210 | 132 | 89 | 43 | 43 | 3513 | 315 | 2592 | 758 | 2932 |