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Examination of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green 1935.
BOYS
GIRLS
Entrants
Age 7
Age 11
Age 14
Entrants
Age 7
Age 11
Age 14
Number examined
929
593
715
739
843
537
760
868
Cases
*
Cases
*
Cases
*
Cases
*
Cases
*
Cases
*
Cases
*
Cases
*
Malnutrition
24
19
16
14
9
9
11
11
18
18
10
8
12
10
11
11
Skin disease
14
11
16
13
7
7
9
5
14
8
4
2
8
7
16
13
Defective teeth
—
333
—
155
—
138
—
184
—
305
—
144
—
170
—
259
Enlarged tonsils
177
51
61
23
26
7
15
9
131
38
40
12
43
10
11
5
Adenoids
9
6
5
4
—
—
2
2
7
3
—
—
—
—
2
2
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids
15
12
9
6
3
3
1
1
14
11
9
6
8
6
2
2
Other nose and throat defects
6
6
2
2
2
1
4
3
8
4
7
5
5
4
4
2
Enlarged glands
10
2
6
—
2
—
—
—
12
—
4
—
3
—
1
—
Eye disease
35
25
14
7
8
2
8
4
29
14
15
5
11
9
3
1
Vision defect
—
—
—
38
—
83
—
83
—
—
—
56
—
80
—
107
Otorrhoea
3
1
4
2
4
2
4
2
5
1
2
1
6
5
5
4
Other ear disease
1
—
3
1
—
—
1
1
4
3
2
1
1
—
1
1
Defective hearing
3
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
—
—
—
7
2
1
—
Speech defects
6
—
1
1
2
2
1
—
2
—
4
—
—
—
—
—
Heart defects
11
—
2
—
5
—
5
1
13
—
9
—
23
—
5
—
Anaemia
8
3
3
1
—
—
2
2
4
3
2
1
7
1
1
—
Lung defects
46
17
8
1
8
2
8
2
40
8
23
3
11
2
5
—
Nervous defects
2
1
2
2
4
—
1
—
2
—
3
.—
3
—
2
1
Phthisis
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Other t.b. disease
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Rickets
5
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Spinal deformities
1
—
2
—
5
3
2
1
—
—
2
2
10
3
4
3
Other deformities
6
1
2
1
3
2
13
8
5
1
1
1
8
1
11
7
Other defects
27
19
19
9
27
15
7
34
21
18
13
7
26
15
17
5
Number of children noted for treatment
410
230
234
278
373
212
273
373
*Defects however slight are included under " cases " ; those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *