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Kensington 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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16
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
Sir Frederick Menzies, the county medical officer, has kindly made it possible for me to give the
following particulars of the routine medical examination of elementary school children carried out
in 1933 in Kensington.

Table: TABLE SHOWING NUMBER EXAMINED AND DEFECTS FOUND

TABLE SHOWING NUMBER EXAMINED AND DEFECTS FOUND

Boys.Girls.
Number examinedEntrants. 774Age 8. 617Age 12. 756Age 14. 717Entrants. 780Age 8. 640Age 12. 803Age 14. 795
Cases.*Cases.*Cases.*Cases.*Cases.*Cases.*Cases.*Cases.*
Malnutrition1357494229612810522
Skin disease108335364977465......
Defective teeth...294...204...230...241...297...183...159...201
Enlarged tonsils891740931102448319419306399
Adenoids116221• ••1...851...2221
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids50281158521523595119109
Other nose and throat defects147106624294971256...
Enlarged glands66554245131155835331224...
Eye disease38191688672251712710662
Vision defects.........44...88...67.........48...96...80
Otorrhoea147638454138953231
Other ear disease831131111...731...
Defective hearing2...3...21112...431...22
Speech defects2...3...116...2...2...1...11
Heart defects1719319310211113216...162
Anaemia1821032239...417217492
Lung defects2911113312...155427221
Nervous defects63641022...92314332
Phthisis.............................................
Other T.B. disease............1...1............1...
Rickets732...4...2...2...11...4...
Spinal deformities3331109761187168179
Other deformities4...6115472416212666
Other defects211314523916317101992811145
Number of children noted for treatment367269325302368266287303

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* Defects however slight are included under "cases" ; those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *.

Table: TABLE SHOWING THE CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO CLOTHING, NUTRITION, CLEANLINESS, TEETH AND VISION OF THE CHILDREN EXAMINED.

TABLE SHOWING THE CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO CLOTHING, NUTRITION, CLEANLINESS, TEETH AND VISION OF THE CHILDREN EXAMINED.

Age Groups.Number examined.Clothing andboots.Nutrition.Cleanliness of head.Cleanliness of body.Teeth.Vision.
Good.Fair.Poor.Good.Average.Below normal.Bad.Clean.Nits.Pediculi.Clean.Dirty.Pediculi.All sound.Less than 4 decayed.Four or moredecayed.6/6 in botheyes.6/9 in either or both eyes.6/12 or worsein either or both eyes.
Entrants Boys774200570413861422-76112175717-407214153---
Girls780232544418258216—760146769101408231141———
Age 8
Boys617209406211547327260213259819-32521577305185100
Girls640193445212149721159737661723-38520550341176110
Age 12.
Boys756226526415556932-73719-74015150222925475147133
Girls808255551-16462222-77331479612-62716516487182136
Age 14.
Boys717219497118252411-70611-7079145722634467127122
Girls795279516—SS055411-76728—77718—58619415509158126
Total5,8871,8134,055191,2874,43516235,703165195,76112333,6971,6795112,584975727
Percentage30.868.90.321.975.32.396.92.80.397.82.10.162.828.58.760.322.717.0
London54.544.80.720.874.94.396.43.20.498.21.70.169.426.04.663.220.316.5