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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 1938

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

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Table: Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1938.

Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1938.

Defect.Boys.Girls.
EntrantsAge 7Age 11Age 14EntrantsAge 7Age 11Age 14
Number Examined13710015014812691137132
Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*Cases*
Malnutrition226622--111133-1
Skin Disease542121--1-222132
Defective Teeth-57-37-44-36-54-31-40-31
Enlarged Tonsils2821142-3-1438410161
Adenoids--------2-------
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids--------1111----
Other Nose and Throat Defects21--------1111--
Enlarged Glands41211---5-1-----
Eye Disease332211--741-1---
Vision Defect---14-31-26---9-34-32
Otorrhæa22------1-----11
Other Ear Disease11--------------
Defective Hearing1-----1---------
Speech Defects----------------
Heart Defects3-3-2-328-5-2-61
Anæmia3221822-212111--
Lung Defects6-4-1---3-11--1-
Nervous Defects11212-11----1121
Phthisis----------------
Other T.B. Disease----------------
Rickets--------1-------
Spinal Deformities1---1-----21--1-
Other Deformities21--11--1---211-
Other Defects1121211-31523-53
Number of Children noted for treatment6757775762477059

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