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Finsbury 1937

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

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Examination of Elementary School Children in Finsbury.

Boys.Girls
Number examinedEntrantsAge 7Age 11Age 14EntrantsAge 7Age 11Age 14
482368370544452338396498
Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*
Malnutrition20201817229977779933
Skin disease54113251655332108
Defective teeth1911169216318711688159
Enlarged tonsils7430362029122268129311233172112
Adenoids4122111323311
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids15532963221
Other nose and throat defects2122111131__11
Enlarged glands222664213111
Eye disease151110773443012431071
Vision defect275069_164769
Otorrhœa6532552233323233
Other ear disease2211___________
Defective hearing1_2_1__21___
Speech defects2311131--------
Heart defects7814167_13_1019
Anœmia32_33____3342
Lung defects17573331135_422
Nervous defects41211121__32322_
Phthisis___11----------
Other T.B. disease________1_______
Rickets1____1_41------
Spinal deformities116532__11108
Other deformities1111211-----21
Other defects6110920176411643141298
Number of children noted for treatment248168151242237143154231

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