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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CIULDRM EXAMINED UNDER EVACUATION PLAN IV & V
Total number of children examined | 4,874 | |
,, ,, ,, ,, conditionally Fit | 669 | |
,, ,, ,, ,, Unfit | 30 | |
,, ,, ,, ,, Fit | 4,175 | |
MALNUTRITION | 6 | |
UNCLEANLINESS- | ||
Head | 206 | |
Body | ||
SKIN DISEASE | 42 | |
EYE DISEASE- | ||
Defective Vision | 33 | |
Squint | – | |
External Eye Trouble | 8 | |
EAR DISEASE- | ||
Deafness | 1 | |
Otitis Media | - | |
Other Disease | 3 | |
NOSE AND THROAT- | ||
Enlarged Tonsils only | 6 | |
Adenoids, only. | - | |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 15 | |
Other Conditions | 8 | |
Enlarged Cervical Glands(not T.B) | 2 | |
DENTAL DEFECTS | 236 | |
SPEECH DEFECTS | 1 | |
HEART and CIRCULATION- | ||
Organic | 5 | |
Functional | - | |
Anaemia | 4 | |
BRONCHITIS | 5 | |
OTHER NON—T.B. | 7 | |
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | 1 | |
OTHER TUBERCULOSIS | 7 | |
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS | ||
(including Epilepsy, chorea,etc.) | 9 | |
DEFORMITIES- | ||
Rickets | - | |
Spinal Curvature | ||
Others | 10 | |
OTHER DEFECTS and DISEASES. | 105 |