London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Rheumatic Fever 1
Pneumonia 2
Influenza 1
Chronic Nephritis 1
Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis 1
Diabetes Mellitus 2
Intussusception 1
Intestinal Obstruction 1
Cerebellar Abscess 1
Asphyxia 1
Road Traffic. Accidents 2
Murder 1
Open Verdict-Hanging 1
VISION.
| Extent of Defect. | Intermediate. | Leavers. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | % | % | |
| Normal: R | 761 | 97.4 | 718 | 94.2 | 567 | 93.1 | 518 | 93.5 | 95.5 | 93.9 |
| 6/6ths or 6/9ths L | 751 | 96.2 | 721 | 94.6 | 562 | 92.3 | 518 | 93.5 | 94.5 | 94.1 |
| 6/12ths or 6/24ths R | 16 | 2.1 | 39 | 5.1 | 37 | 6.1 | 30 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 25 | 3.2 | 38 | 5.0 | 35 | 5.8 | 34 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 | |
| 6/36ths or worse R | 4 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.8 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 12 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | |
TEETH.
| Entrants. | Intermediate. | Leavers. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Perfect set of Teeth | 1344 | 87.3 1253 | 85.0 | 713 | 91.3 | 708 | 92.9 | 563 | 92.4 | 524 | 94.6 | |
| One to four Decayed | 144 | 9.4 | 131 | 8.9 | 49 | 6.3 | 32 | 4.2 | 28 | 4.6 | 19 | 3.4 |
| Four or more Decayed | 51 | 3.3 | 80 | 5.5 | 19 | 2.4 | 22 | 2.9 | 18 | 3.0 | 11 | 2.0 |
| Totals | 1539 | 1464 | 781 | 762 | 609 | 554 | ||||||