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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE E IV.
BOYS' SCHOOLS.
| Age. | No. exd. | Guardians present. | Total No. in whom Defects found. | Nature of Defects. | Written Directions to parents | Printed and verbal directions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Want of Cleanliness. | Clothing. | Malnutriton. | Sub-normal Vision. | Extl. Eye Disease. | Nasopharyngeal Obstrn. | Ear Trouble | Deformity and Spinal Dis. | Affections to the Heart. | Lung Trouble. | Infectious or Contagious Disease. | Mentally Defective | Sundry Defects | Teeth. | |||||||||||||||
| Heads. | Body. | Clothing. | Defective Footgear. | Lateral Curvative. | Other Deformities. | Phthisis ? Phthisis- | Other Lung Trouble. | Urgent Defects. | Other Defects of any kind. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Verminous | Nits only. | Dirty. | Verminous | Dirty. | Defective. | Dirty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-12 | 19 | 3 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| 12-13 | 521 | 96 | 488 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 49 | 40 | 271 | 56 | 29 | 136 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 125 | 66 | 328 | 156 | 267 |
| 13-14 | 803 | 98 | 644 | 7 | 47 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 86 | 28 | 57 | 340 | 75 | 33 | 208 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 181 | 96 | 475 | 223 | 432 |
| 14-15 | 68 | 6 | 64 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 11 | 42 | 22 | 30 |
| 15-16 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1415 | 203 | 1218 | 9 | 91 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 148 | 48 | 98 | 645 | 140 | 64 | 359 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 21 | ... | ... | *1 | 3 | 321 | 177 | 859 | 409 | 740 | |
*Impetigo.
*Impetigo.
GIRLS' SCHOOLS.
| 11-12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 12-13 | 456 | l60 | 445 | 6 | 211 | 5 | ...... | 2 | 40 | 5 | 25 | 226 | 54 | 16 | 118 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 74 | 51 | 294 | 156 | 242 |
| 13-14 | 862 | 215 | 813 | 22 | 345 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 19 | 46 | 365 | 118 | 56 | 228 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 167 | 96 | 504 | 300 | 424 |
| 14-15 | 49 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 18 |
| 15-16 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | _... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 1375 | 385 | 1311 | 30 | 569 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 90 | 25 | 77 | 609 | 181 | 75 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | *1 | 5 | 255 | 155 | 832 | 481 | 685 |
INFANTS' (BOYS') SCHOOLS.
| 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 4-5 | 153 | 64 | 141 | 2 | 19 | 8 | ... | 4 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 74 | 4 | 5 | 42 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 44 | 7 | 88 | 14 | 106 |
| 5-6 | 915 | 406 | 847 | 21 | 87 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 112 | 42 | 8l | 366 | 21 | 34 | 284 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 12 | ... | 10 | 4 | 8 | 214 | 25 | 583 | 112 | 632 |
| 6-7 | 355 | 152 | 328 | 13 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 56 | 15 | 35 | 170 | 18 | 10 | 110 | 8 | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 22 | 236 | 65 | 214 |
| 7-8 | 112 | 45 | 100 | 3 | 15 | 1 | ... | 2 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 21 | 6 | 79 | 23 | 74 |
| 8-0 | 18 | 4 | 18 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 11 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 9-10 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
| 1559 | 674 | 1438 | 39 | 174 | 48 | 11 | 35 | 205 | 71 | 145 | 670 | 54 | 52 | 473 | 28 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 19 | *8 | 14 | 372 | 61 | 1004 | 215 | 1045 |
*Including Ringworm 3 Impetigo 4 Mumps 1.
INFANTS' (GIRLS') SCHOOLS.
| 4-5 | 148 | 50 | 126 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 23 | 1 | 70 | 16 | 84 |
| 5-6 | 924 | 436 | 844 | 31 | 286 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 72 | 22 | 56 | 354 | 15 | 38 | 254 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ... | 11 | 6 | ... | 173 | 20 | 601 | 114 | 655 |
| 6-7 | 341 | 138 | 316 | 10 | 123 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 11 | 30 | 130 | 10 | 24 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 2 | 9 | 238 | 57 | 227 |
| 7-8 | 124 | 42 | 115 | 2 | 35 | ... | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 80 | 21 | 89 |
| 8-9 | 28 | 9 | 28 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | 22 | 4 | 16 |
| 9-10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 10-11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 1574 | 683 | 1437 | 52 | 500 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 138 | 46 | 115 | 610 | 36 | 75 | 429 | 25 | 7 | 25 | 14 | ... | 15 | *9 | 4 | 317 | 34 | 1016 | 213 | 1076 |
*Including Ringworm 6 Impetigo 2 Whooping Cough 1.
TOTALS ALL AGES BOYS' AND GIRLS.
| 5923 | 1945 | 5404 | 130 | 1334 | 89 | 43 | 93 | 587 | 190 | 435 | 2534 | 411 | 266 | 1624 | 100 | 36 | 109 | 69 | 2 | 35 | *19 | 26 | 1265 | 427 | 3711 | 1318 | 3546 |
*Including Ringworm 9 Impetigo 8 Whooping Cough 1 Mumps 1-.