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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Condition. | Entrants. | Intermediates. | Leavers. | Other Ages. | All Groups. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defects: | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls |
| Circulatory System | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 15.8 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| Pulmonary System | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.1 |
| Skin Diseases | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Defects of Nose and Throat | 29.4 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 18.3 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 15.6 | 10.5 | 21.7 | 15.5 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands | 7.7 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 3.3 | — | 6.1 | 4.3 |
| Squint | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| External Eye Disease | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 4.4 | — | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Defective Vision | 0.8 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 10.5 | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| Defective Hearing | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 | — | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Speech Defects | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Dental Disease (more than four decayed) | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | - | - | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Dull and Backward | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | - | 0.7 | 0.3 |
UNCLEANLINESS.
Number of children inspected for Cleanliness (first
inspection) 66,346
Number of children inspected (subsequent inspections)
2,853
Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 901
(1,946 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 1,117
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 101 and
nits alone in 1,846 children. On these inspections, 2.9 per cent.
of the children showed evidence of infestation as against 3.3 in
1947.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1948—
Number of cases under observation at beginning
of 1948 424
Number of cases added during year 39
Number of cases discharged from observation
during the year 288
Number of cases under observation at the end
of 1948 175
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis—
Non-Pulmonary 12
Pulmonary 12
120