Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AT ROUTINE EXAMINATIONS (percentages)
Condition | Entrants | Intermediates | Leavers | Other Ages | All GrOUpS | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Gls. | Boys | Gls. | Boys | Gls. | Boys | Gls. | Bays | Gls. | |
Cleanliness; (percentage clean) | ||||||||||
Head | 99.9 | 99.4 | 99.6 | 98.3 | 99.6 | 98.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.7 | 98.9 |
Body | 99.0 | 99.7 | 100.0 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.8 | 99.7 |
Clothing (satisfactory) | 99.9 | 99.4 | 100.0 | 99.8 | 97.7 | 99.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 99.6 |
Footgear (satisfactory) | 100.0 | 99.3 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 97.7 | 99.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.2 | 99.6 |
Nutrition (Normal) | 83.7 | 87.9 | 88.1 | 89.0 | 92.9 | 91.9 | 92.9 | 77.4 | 87.6 | 89.2 |
Defects. | ||||||||||
Circulatory System | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
Pulmonary Sj^stem | 5.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | - | - | 3.4 | 1.5 |
Skin Disease | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | - | - | 2.7 | 2.3 |
Defects of Nose & Throat | 29.1 | 24.8 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 21.2 | 17.8 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands | 16.1 | 12,1 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 5.0 | - | - | 13.0 | 8.7 |
External Eye Disease | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | - | - | 2.2 | 1.8 |
Defective Vision | 1.0 | 1.4 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Defective Hearing | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | - | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Speech Defects | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Dental Disease (more than fear decayed) | 13.5 | 15.3 | 8.4 | 13.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 | – | – | 9.7 | 11.4 |
Null and Backward | 0.2 | - | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | - | - | 1.1 | 0.4 |
Taking ail the groups examined subnormal nutrition was recorded in 11.5 per
cent of the children as contrasted with 11.2 per cent in 1939.
CHIEF CAUSES OF EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL.
Condition | Exclusions during 1940 | Percentage of total exclusions | Exclusions during 1939 | Percentage of total exclusions. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ringworm - Head | 4 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.0-2 |
" Body | 2 | 0.07 | 23 | 0.36 |
Verminous Conditions | 1672 | 58.40 | 997 | 15.51 |
Impetigo | 83 | 2.90 | 317 | 4.93 |
Scabies | 127 | 4.44 | 141 | 2.19 |
Scarlet Fever | 82 | 2.87 | 128 | 19.9 |
Measles (inc. German) | 461 | 16.10 | 621 | 9.66 |
Diphtheria | 39 | 1.36 | 141 | 2.19 |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 0.87 | 634 | 9.86 |
Chicken Pox | 91 | 3.18 | 1298 | 20.12 |
Mumps | 42 | 1.47 | 434 | 6.75 |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 6 | 0.21 | 16 | 0.25 |
External Eye Disease | 40 | 1.40 | 831 | 12.93 |
Sore Threat | 37 | 1.29 | 235 | 4.84 |
Other Causes | 141 | 4.93 | 618 | 9.60 |
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 11 | 0.38 | ||
2855 | 6435 |
The figures for exclusions are not related in any way to the figures
obtained in routine medical inspections.
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