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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Finsbury 1937

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

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Table: Examination of Elementary School Children in Finsbury.

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 teeth—191—116—92—163—187—116—88—159
Enlarged tonsils7430362029122268129311233172112
Adenoids41221—113233——11
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids15532————9632——21
Other nose and throat defects——2122111131__11
Enlarged glands2226—6—4—21—3—111—
Eye disease151110773443012431071—
Vision defect———27—50—69_——16—47—69
Otorrhœa6532552233323233
Other ear disease221—1___________
Defective hearing1—_—2_1—__21__—_
Speech defects2—311131--------
Heart defects7—814—16—7_13_1019—
Anœmia——32—_33____3342
Lung defects175733—3—1135_4—22
Nervous defects41211121__32322_
Phthisis_—__11----------
Other T.B. disease________1_______
Rickets1—____1_41------
Spinal deformities————116532__11108
Other deformities11——11211-----21
Other defects6110920176411643141298
Number of children noted for treatment—248—168—151—242—237—143—154—231

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