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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FINDINGS AT ROUT 1MB MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
Uncleanliness.
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 47 and nits
alone in 1,154 children. On these inspections, 3.7 per cent of
the children showed evidence of infestation as against 2.9 per cenb
in 1939 and 3.4 in 1930.
Tuberculosis in Children of School Ago.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision during 1940:-
No. of cases under observation at
beginning of 1940 331
No of cases added during year 18
" " " discharged from
observation during the year 11
No of cases under observation
at the end of 1940. 338
Talcing the total school population as 12,549, the Tuberculosis Mortality rate was 8.0 and the incidence rate 15.9 per 100,000. For non-pulmonary Tuberculosis the mortality rate was 15.9 and the incidence rate 6 3.7.
| Intermediate | Leavers | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extent of Defect | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No | % | % | % | |
| Normal R | 1 477 | 96.0 | 580 | 96.8 | 5 37 | 94.7 | 530 | 93.8 | 95.3 | 95.4 |
| 6/6ths or 6/9ths L | 478 | 96.2 | 577 | 96.3 | 544 | 95.9 | 529 | 93.6 | 96.0 | 95.0 |
| 6/l2th or 6/24ths R | 15 | 3.0 | 18 | 3.0 | 27 | 4.8 | 27 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| L | 16 | 3.2 | 21 | 3.5 | 21 | 3.7 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 5/36ths or worse R | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| L | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
TEETH.
| Entrants | Intermediate | Leavers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Boys. | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||||||
| No• | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Perfect set of teeth. | 605 | 68.3 | 557 | 68.8 | 376 | 75.7 | 419 | 69.9 | 459 | 80.9 | 474 | 83.9 |
| One to four decayed | 161 | 18.2 | 129 | 15.9 | 79 | 15.9 | 101 | 16.9 | 80 | 14.1 | 66 | 11.7 |
| Four or more decayed | 120 | 13.5 | 124 | 15.3 | 42 | 8.4 | 79 | 13.2 | 28 | 5.0 | 25 | 4.4 |
| Totals | 886 | 810 | 497 | 599 | 567 | 565 | ||||||