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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
Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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MOUTH-BREATHING.—This was noted in the case of 66 children,
or 1.6 per cent.; in 48 cases it was associated with adenoids, and in 18
cases the mouth-breathing was not considered to be due to adenoids.
CLEFT PALATE.—Five children, three boys and two girls, were
afflicted with cleft palate.
Enlarged Cervical and Submaxillary
Glands.
The number of children with enlarged glands was as follows:—
TABLE XXIX.
| Age | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | All ages. | Percent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys— | |||||||||||
| Slightly enlarged | 30 | 11 | 3 | -— | - | 19 | 1 | - | 14 | 78 | 3.4 |
| Enlarged | 4 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 15 | 0.7 |
| Girls— | |||||||||||
| Slightly enlarged | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | 26 | 1.4 |
| Enlarged | 3 | - | — | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 0.4 |
The percentages at the ages of five, ten and thirteen are — TABLE XXX.
| Boys. | Girls. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| Slightly enlarged | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Enlarged | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
In the case of three children, one boy and two girls, the enlarged
glands were considered to be tubercular. There is a considerable reduction
in the proportion of children with enlarged glands as compared with
last year.
External Eye Disease.
SQUINT.—This was present in 34 boys (1.49 per cent.), and 25
girls (1.35 per cent). The squint was convergent in all cases, except one
boy, in whom it was divergent.
NYSTAGMUS was present in five children—two boys and three
girls. In one of the cases the condition was considered to be due to
ophthalmia neonatorum in infancy, and arrangements have been made to
send the child to a blind school. Another case, a girl of five years of
age, is an albino, and in a third case the nystagmus was associated with
congenital cataract.