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 Edmonton]
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TABLE III.
Entrants. | Leavers. | Intermediate. | Total. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | |
Nose and Throat— | ||||||||||||||||
No defect | 730 | 692 | 1422 | 77.8 | 516 | 450 | 966 | 84.7 | 589 | 477 | 1066 | 81.5 | 1835 | 1619 | 3454 | 80.8 |
Mouth breathers | 39 | 17 | 56 | 3.0 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.97 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1.23 | 54 | 29 | 83 | 1.94 |
Tonsils slightly enlarged | 111 | 126 | 237 | 13.0 | 47 | 54 | 101 | 8.9 | 75 | 92 | 167 | 12.8 | 233 | 272 | 505 | 11.8 |
Tonsils much enlarged | 62 | 59 | 12 0 | 6.6 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 5.1 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 4.9 | 126 | 118 | 244 | 5.7 |
Adenoids | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0. 38 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 0.65 |
External Eve Disease— | ||||||||||||||||
No disease | 930 | 872 | 1802 | 98.59 | 598 | 531 | 1129 | 99.03 | 686 | 603 | 1289 | 99.91 | 2214 | 2006 | 4220 | 98.81 |
Blepharitis | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.65 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.55 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0.54 |
Conjunctivitis | .. | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.09 |
Corneal Opacities | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.44 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.46 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.37 |
Other diseases | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.38 | .. | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | .. | .. | 0 | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.19 |
Teeth— | ||||||||||||||||
Sound | 428 | 433 | 861 | 47.2 | 305 | 247 | 552 | 48.4 | 237 | 250 | 487 | 37.4 | 970 | 930 | 1900 | 44.5 |
Three or less decayed | 364 | 326 | 690 | 37.7 | 264 | 265 | 529 | 46.4 | 377 | 310 | 687 | 51.7 | 1005 | 901 | 1906 | 44.6 |
Four or more decayed | 148 | 129 | 277 | 15.1 | 35 | 24 | 59 | 5.2 | 83 | 46 | 129 | 9.9 | 266 | 199 | 465 | 10.9 |
Ear Disease- | ||||||||||||||||
No disease | 914 | 874 | 1788 | 97.75 | 564 | 509 | 1073 | 94.13 | 670 | 578 | 1248 | 95.78 | 2148 | 1961 | 4109 | 96.40 |
Obstruction—right | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.28 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1.05 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1.00 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0.69 |
left | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1.14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.69 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0.60 |
Otorrhœa—right | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.66 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.69 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 0.82 |
,, left | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.66 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1.05 | 2 | .. | 2 | 0.15 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 0.62 |
History of Otorrhœa | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.49 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1.58 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 1.69 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 1.17 |