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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

Holborn 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923

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Table: Defects Found.At Mcdical Inspections in Public Elementary Schools in Holborn.

Defects Found.At Mcdical Inspections in Public Elementary Schools in Holborn.

Entrants.Age 8.Age 12.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Number Examined173183151178137191
Defects :—
Skin Disease......3 [3]1 [1]1 [1]...
Enlarged Tonsils6 [5]7 [4]8 [3]9 [7]3 [2]2 [2]
Adenoids2 [2]3 [2]...3 [3]1 [1]...
Tonsils and Adenoids3 [3]3 [3]......1 [1]...
Other Nose and Threat1 [1]2 [2]1 [-]2 [1]......
Enlarged Glands of Neck......1 [-]1 [1]1 [-]1 [1]
External Eye Disease11 [9]3 [2]5 [4]3 [3]1 [-]...
Vision for TreatmentNot Examined[5][5][7][13]
Otorrhœa and Otitis2 [1]4 [3]1 [1]2 [2]2 [2]2 [1]
Other Ear Disease...1 [1]...1 [1]...
Hearing Defect......1 [1].........
Stammering..................
Other Speech..................
Heart Defects2 [-]6 [1]7 [-]5 [2]4 [-]3 [-]
Anaemia......1 [-]2 [1]...1 [-]
Bronchitis and other Lung Disease12 [6]9 [5]5 [2]6 [1]1 [-]2 [1]
Nervous Disease1 [-]1 [-]1[-]2 [-]2 [-]
Phthisis..................
Other Tubercular Disease..................
Rickets1 [-].........1 [-]...
Spinal Defects1 [-]...1 [-]1 [-]2 [2]...
Other Deformities3 [3].........1 [-]2 [2]
Infectious Disease...2 [2]............
Other Defects1 [1]2 [1]3 [2]4 [3]1 [-]5 [2]
†Cases for Dental Treatment[28][24][22][30][4][10]
Defects Found.At Mcdical Inspections in Public Elementary Schools in Holborn.
Entrants.Age 8.Age 12.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Number Examined173183151178137191
Defects :—
Skin Disease......3 [3]1 [1]1 [1]...
Enlarged Tonsils6 [5]7 [4]8 [3]9 [7]3 [2]2 [2]
Adenoids2 [2]3 [2]...3 [3]1 [1]...
Tonsils and Adenoids3 [3]3 [3]......1 [1]...
Other Nose and Threat1 [1]2 [2]1 [-]2 [1]......
Enlarged Glands of Neck......1 [-]1 [1]1 [-]1 [1]
External Eye Disease11 [9]3 [2]5 [4]3 [3]1 [-]...
Vision for TreatmentNot Examined[5][5][7][13]
Otorrhœa and Otitis2 [1]4 [3]1 [1]2 [2]2 [2]2 [1]
Other Ear Disease...1 [1]...1 [1]...
Hearing Defect......1 [1].........
Stammering..................
Other Speech..................
Heart Defects2 [-]6 [1]7 [-]5 [2]4 [-]3 [-]
Anaemia......1 [-]2 [1]...1 [-]
Bronchitis and other Lung Disease12 [6]9 [5]5 [2]6 [1]1 [-]2 [1]
Nervous Disease1 [-]1 [-]1[-]2 [-]2 [-]
Phthisis..................
Other Tubercular Disease..................
Rickets1 [-].........1 [-]...
Spinal Defects1 [-]...1 [-]1 [-]2 [2]...
Other Deformities3 [3].........1 [-]2 [2]
Infectious Disease...2 [2]............
Other Defects1 [1]2 [1]3 [2]4 [3]1 [-]5 [2]
†Cases for Dental Treatment[28][24][22][30][4][10]