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Examination of Elementary School Children in Battersea, 1936.
Number examined
boys.
GIRLS.
Entrants
Age 7
Age 11
Age 14
Entrants
Age 7
Age 11
Age 14
1,052
Cases *
695
Cases *
856
Cases *
852
Cases *
962
Cases *
747
Cases *
844
Cases *
ases *
Malnutrition
8
6
15
12
7
6
1
1
12
7
8
4
7
7
5
5
Skin disease
12
8
8
4
8
5
1
1
10
8
12
11
5
5
5
2
Defective teeth
—
529
—
262
—
261
—
199
—
473
—
286
248
254
Enlarged tonsils
107
57
60
35
28
10
10
5
98
43
72
34
31
18
28
21
Adenoids
6
6
1
1
—
—
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids
36
28
15
12
1
1
1
1
29
27
11
7
7
5
2
2
Other nose and throat defects
9
3
6
5
5
4
1
—
6
—
5
3
6
3
2
2
Enlarged glands
52
26
30
23
11
2
—
—
46
28
19
13
12
10
8
8
Eye disease
28
20
16
8
15
10
10
7
31
14
19
12
9
8
9
4
Vision defect
—
—
—
47
—
92
—
96
—
—
—
46
—
108
95
Otorrhoea
8
4
3
2
1
1
4
4
8
5
4
2
6
4
4
2
Other ear disease
4
2
4
3
3
3
1
1
4
3
7
7
8
8
3
2
Defective hearing
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
—
3
1
2
—
1
2
Speech defects
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
—
—
—
2
—
1
Heart defects
6
1
7
1
15
—
9
—
4
1
7
—
5
—
9
3
Anaemia
5
3
4
1
2
—
3
—
3
2
6
2
3
3
2
1
Lung defects
40
21
10
6
11
3
4
1
35
17
10
3
4
2
6
2
Nervous defects
4
2
4
—
3
1
1
1
4
1
2
—
2
1
2
1
Phthisis
Other Tb. disease
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Rickets
13
4
1
—
2
—
—
6
1
Spinal deformities
1
—
3
—
1
—
2
—
2
—
1
1
2
1
2
2
Other deformities
11
6
9
4
2
—
4
1
13
5
10
3
6
4
8
6
Other defects
14
8
14
7
9
5
6
2
12
8
19
10
18
8
10
4
Number of children noted for treat-
ment
622
337
363
285
546
357
375
354
*Defects however slight are included under " cases " ; those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *