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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

Holborn 1929

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

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Table: Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1929.

Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1929.

Defect.Boys.Girls.
EntrantsAge 8Age 12Age 14EntrantsAge 8Age 12Age 14
Number Examined218203162207213203159166
Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+Cases+
Malnutrition----------------
Skin Disease11——11211—22————
Enlarged Tonsils105553311116756542
Adenoids15145511——108433233
Tonsils and Adenoids22-—22114344----
Other Nose and Threat1121—————-11—--—
Enlarged Glands1---------------
External Eye Disease77112232995311——
Vision———21—24—26———24—23—30
Otorrhœa2222——3132112222
Other Ear Disease——————11————————
Hearing211-------————11
Stammering and Speech1—111-----------
Heart1—1———1———2—1———
Anæmia11————11——11————
Lungs3-————2—21—-————
Nervous Disorders2111————-—3111——
Phthisis----------------
Other T.B. Disease----------------
Rickets2-——1-----—-----
Spinal Defects————1111--——1-33
Other Deformities————11———-—-—--—
Other Defects1111——-—11—-——1—
Teeth—65—62—26-44—63—63—26-42
Number of Children for treatment9481526880895161
Defects, however slight, are included under "Cases." Those severe enough to require treatment are shown under +.