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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE E IV.
| Age. | Number Examined. | Parents or Guardians Present." | Total Number in whom Defects found. | Nature of Defects. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Want of Cleanliness. | Clothing. | Vision. | External Eye Disease. | Malnutrition. | Teeth. | Tonsils. | Glands. | Ear Tronble. | Mentally Defective. | Mentally Subnormal. | Heart Affections. | Long Trouble. | Deformity and Spinal Dis. | Communi cable Diseases. | Sundry Defects | If employe | Written and Verbal directions to Parents. | Printed directions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Heads. | Body. | Clothing. | Defecttive Foot- gear. | 6/9 | 6/12 and worse. | One to Fonr Decayed. | More than Four Decayed | Adenoids present. | Ear Disease. | Deafness. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis | Other Lung Disease. | Spinal Curvature. | Other Deformities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ver. | Nits only. | Dirty. | Ver. | Dirty. | Defective. | Dirty- | + | + + | Palpable | + | General Hygienic Advice- | Medical or Surgical Treatment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOYS' SCHOOLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| 4-5 | 78 | 60 | 64 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | I | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | 40 | 10 | 59 | |
| 5-6 | 828 | 587 | 702 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 363 | 244 | 78 | 23 | ... | 78 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 22 | 25 | ... | 15 | 7 | 88 | ... | 315 | 165 | 525 |
| 6-7 | 462 | 296 | 386 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 9 | II | 6 | ... | 2 | 6 | 28 | 209 | 158 | 48 | 40 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 22 | ... | 13 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 39 | ... | 133 | 90 | 256 |
| 7-8 | 104 | 55 | 80 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ... | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 35 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ... | 4 | ... | 13 | ... | 27 | 27 | 61 |
| 8-9 | 315 | 143 | 324 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 167 | 63 | 17 | 16 | ... | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ... | 13 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 29 | ... | 104 | 74 | 188 |
| 9-10 | 187 | 76 | 160 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 26 | ... | 29 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 103 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | ... | 124 | 48 | 145 |
| 10-11 | 36 | 17 | 30 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | I | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 17 | 7 | 25 |
| 11-12 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 12-13 | 821 | 310 | 644 | ... | 16 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 38 | 81 | 68 | 2 | 31 | 482 | 86 | 55 | 33 | 3 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 201 | 170 | 481 |
| 13-14 | 175 | 35 | 133 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 105 | 16 | 6 | 12 | ... | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ... | 27 | 25 | 109 |
| 14-15 | 11 | 3 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Total | 3046 | 1593 | 2557 | 13 | 95 | 90 | 34 | 105 | 105 | 50 | 122 | 162 | 126 | 27 | 174 | 1547 | 647 | 235 | 155 | 14 | 227 | 121 | 19 | 43 | 6 | 18 | 174 | 19 | 54 | 124 | 15 | 46 | 17 | 277 | 15 | 996 | 626 | 1875 |
| Per. cent. | 100. | 52.3 | 83.9 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 50.7 | 31.2 | 77 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 57 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 0.49 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.49 | 32.7 | 20.5 | 61.5 |
| GIRLS' SCHOOLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3-4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4-5 | 56 | 41 | 45 | ... | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 21 | 5 | 39 | |
| 5-6 | 792 | 569 | 699 | 28 | 108 | 23 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 375 | 244 | 91 | 67 | 15 | 54 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 66 | ... | 309 | 133 | 487 |
| 6-7 | 465 | 310 | 375 | 6 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 191 | 184 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 39 | ... | 8 | 2 | 28 | ... | 129 | 93 | 251 |
| 7-8 | 138 | 89 | 120 | 3 | 25 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ... | 41 | 34 | 57 |
| 8-9 | 427 | 269 | 419 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 29 | 120 | 56 | 4 | 23 | 262 | 93 | 43 | 29 | 1 | 5° | 16 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 44 | ... | 239 | 98 | 341 |
| 9-10 | 98 | 43 | 69 | 1 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | 43 | 18 | 63 |
| 10-11 | 21 | 7 | 17 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | I | ... | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| 11-12 | 19 | 12 | 15 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 12-13 | 981 | 510 | 825 | 3 | 210 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 128 | 103 | 9 | 34 | 548 | 82 | 59 | 47 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 109 | ... | 351 | 206 | 617 |
| 13-14 | 191 | 74 | 141 | ... | 40 | 3 | ... | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 89 | 19 | 7 | 17 | ... | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ... | 19 | ... | 50 | 51 | 78 |
| 14-15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Total | 3209 | 1937 | 2738 | 45 | 592 | 54 | 31 | 95 | 85 | 50 | 101 | 301 | 212 | 47 | 185 | 1592 | 713 | 267 | 207 | 27 | 219 | 123 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 19.2 | 14 | 59 | 133 | 59 | 76 | 24 | 298 | ... | 1202 | 660 | 979 |
| Per cent. | 100. | 60.4 | 85.3 | 1.4 | 18.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 49.6 | 22.2 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4*1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 37.1 | 20.5 | 61.6 | |
| TOTALS FOR HOYS AND GIRLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6255 | 3530 | 5295 | 58 | 687 | 144 | 65 | 200 | 190 | 100 | 223 | 463 | 338 | 74 | 359 | 3'39 | 1360 | 502 | 362 | 41 | 446 | 244 | 33 | 76 | 11 | 34 | 366 | 33 | 113 | 257 | 74 | 122 | 41 | 575 | 15 | 2198 | 1286 | 3854 | |
| Per cent. | 100. | 56.4 | 84.6 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 1.03 | 3.2 | 3.04 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 1.18 | 5.7 | 50.1 | 21.7 | 8.0 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.17 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.18 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 35.1 | 20.5 | 61.6 |