Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919 page 26

St Pancras 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919

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Table: Medical Inspection of Children in Elementary Schools in St, Pancras.1919.

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Medical Inspection of Children in Elementary Schools in St, Pancras.

1919.

		Entrants.		Age 8.		Age 12.
		Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.
Number examined		1343	1470	1465	1458	1477	1564
Number requiring treatment		630	699	760	761	589	706
Defects—
Skin	F	49	40	62	32	41	35
Skin	X	40	25	48	21	30	22
Teeth	X	351	418	451	407	312	336
Tonsils	F	342	407	278	313	178	210
Adenoids	F	196	184	134	110	38	36
Tonsils or Adenoids	X	134	143	98	112	50	73
Other Nose or Throat defects	F	146	138	92	76	71	51
Other Nose or Throat defects	X	47	34	35	14	15	18
Glands of Neck	F	283	289	274	258	167	106
Glands of Neck	X	7	4	10	11	3	2
Eye disease	F	58	79	61	58	54	43
Eye disease	X	41	55	27	23	18	13
Vision	X	Not tested		152	184	183	196
Ear disease	F	42	51	53	73	55	49
Ear disease	X	25	30	33	48	35	33
Hearing	F	21	25	33	33	26	24
Hearing	X	2	6	12	12	13	11
Speech	F	18	20	25	13	16	8
Speech	X	—	—	3	—	1	—
Heart	F	31	37	35	46	45	70
Heart	X	—	4	5	3	7	12
Anæmia	F	47	46	58	51	45	79
Anæmia	X	21	20	16	19	11	38
Lungs	F	121	118	87	67	48	44
Lungs	X	49	51	42	20	19	12
Nervous disease	F	32	38	30	41	21	37
Nervous disease	X	—	2	3	5	2	7
Phthisis	F	7	7	5	12	6	11
Phthisis	X	5	4	4	7	3	8
Other Tubercular	F	9	6	2	2	2	7
Other Tubercular	X	3	3	2	1	2	3
Rickets	F	60	45	44	17	28	24
Rickets	X	7	10	1	—	—	4
Deformities	F	31	24	34	35	52	73
Deformities	X	1	6	6	8	10	24
Infections disease	F	3	6	1	3	—	1
Infections disease	X	3	5	1	3	—	1
Malnutrition	F .	7	13	9	8	5	4
Malnutrition	X	4	8	4	4	3	4
Other defects	F	82	99	91	93	80	133
Other defects	X	35	55	41	53	36	59

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F signifies a defect found
x signifies a, defect noted for treatment,