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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 1922

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922

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Table: Defects Found. II.

Defects Found. II.

Entrants.Age 8.age 12.age 13.
Boys. *Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Number Examined183 [80]179 [92]203 [142]244 [114]248 [113]244 [98]119 [62]114 [56]
Defects: —
Skin Disease1 [1]4 [4]7 [7]4 [1]4 [3]2 [1]...1 [1]
Enlarged Tonsils26 [11]22 [5]29 [12]31 [10]29 [10]25 [5]14 [7]17 |6]
Adenoids2 [1]2 [—]1 [1]...............
Tonsils and Adenoids3 [3]5 [3]6 [6]6 [6]2 [1]1 [1]...2 [—]
Other Nose and Threat12 [4]6 [4]13 [7]6 [4]10 [6]9 [4]4 [3]1 [-]
Enlarged Glands of Neck3 [-]1 [-]3 [-]6 [1]5 [-]11 [1]2 [—]5[—]
External Eye Disease2 [2]2 [2]12 [7]3 [3]4 [2]6 [3]3 [—]...
Vision for TreatmentNot Examined[17][15][31][48][18][10]
Otorrhœa and Otitis2 [-]3 [3]1 [-]1 [1]2 [2]1 [1]...2 [1]
Other Ear Disease2 [-]...2 [2]...1 [']2 [2]1 [—]...
Hearing Defect......1 [1]2 [1]1 [1].........
Stammering......1 [-]......1 [-]1[-]...
Other Speech.........1[—]...1 [1]......
Heart Defects4 [1]26 [-]16 [—]5 [-]13 [-]3 [—]3 [-]
Anµmia9 [1]7 [2]12 |1]11 [2]7 [1]0 [1]2 [—]6 [2]
Bronchitis and other Lung Disease10 [-]17 [4]16 [4]9 [-]11 [-]6 [—]4 [—]3[-]
Nervous Disease......1 [-]...............
Phthisis........................
Other Tubercular Disease1 [-]...2 [1]1[-]1 [1]......1 [-]
Rickets5 [2]2 [1]1 [-]3 [-]2 [—].........
Spinal Defects1 [1]...3 [-]1 [-]6 [3]9 [2]3 [—]8 [—]
Other Deformities.........1 [1]1 [1].........
Infectious Disease........................
Other Defects9 [4]9 [3]7 [2]12 [6]5 [-]5 [2]1 [1]2 [—]
†Cases for Dental Treatment[57][75][108][86][68][60][42][43]

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* The figures in brackets are the numbers referred for treatment, and these are included in the total
figure, e.g., 183 boys examined, 83 of them noted for treatment.
† Defects of Vision and Dental defec ts arc shown in Table I