London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bethnal Green 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Age
Standard
Height
Average
Height
Average
Boys
Height
Girls
it. in. it. in. It. in. it. in.
2 yrs. 2 7-9 2 7 2 8f 2 6
3 yrs. 2 10-11 3 0 3 1 2 11
4 yrs. 3 1-3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Children inspected :
Boys Girls Total
At 2 yrs 89 88 177
„ 3 „ 23 22 45
„ 4 „ 5 9 14
236
Children requiring treatment or advice 236
Sessions held 44
Average attendance 5.36
Conditions found on examination :
Defects of Development : Late Teething 20
„ Walking 19
„ Talking 9
Mongol 1
Mentally defective 2
Hydrocephalus 1
Congenital Morbus cordis 1
„ deformity of right arm 1
,, „ Phalanges 1
Chest deformities 8
Internal Strabismus 2
Tonsils enlarged 100
Adenoids 20
Mouth-breathers 23
Defects of Nutrition : Markedly below weight 21
Muscular tone poor 10
,, ,, fair 63
Early Bickets5
Genu Valgum 22
„ Varum 17
Pesplanus 6
Dental Caries 35
Besults of Infection: Adenitis, Cervical 24
Ear-Nose-Throat
Otorrhœa 2
Nasal Catarrh 4
Stomatitis 1