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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 1935

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

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Table: Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1935.

Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1935.

Defect.Boys.Girls.
EntrantsAge 7Age 11Age 14EntrantsAge 7Age 11Age 14
Number Examined143117178185155111164178
Cases*Cases*Case.*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Case.*
Malnutrition99653311552222——
Skin Disease——22——3———11————
Dofective Teeth—49—27—36—32—45—35—24—32
Enlarged Tonsils3512145134713611189162144
Adenoids111—1—111-------
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids11--------------
Other Nose and Throat Defects93511—-—211-----
Enlarged Glands————————311-----
Eye Disease54524361108211—64
Vision Defect———9—22—24———9—28—32
Otorrhæa22——221111——1155
Other Ear Disease1---------------
Defective Hearing————1—1—————221—
Speech Defects——1—2—1—————————
Heart Defects3—4—1—2—2—2—5—2—
Anæmia5—2184422—4—212—
Lung Defects443—31——112421111
Nervous Defects——21————2———212—
Phthisis————————I1------
Other T.B. Disease----------------
Rickets2—————1—1———————
Spinal Deformities————1—1—11——3—6—
Other Deformities1———211—1—1—2121
Other Defects756—632132633—72
Number of Children noted for treatment7646636761525866

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Defects, however slight, are included under " Cases." Those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *.