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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 1924

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

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Table: Defects Found.At Medical Inspections in Public Elementary Schools in Holborn, 1924.

Defects Found.

At Medical Inspections in Public Elementary Schools in Holborn, 1924.

Entrants.Age 8.Age 12.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Number Examined303287243250248230
Defects:—
Skin Disease2 [2]7 [4]3 [2]..1 [1]1 [1]
Enlarged Tonsils18 [8]17 [8]15 [9]13 [6]11 [5]10 [6]
Adenoids6 [5]7 [3]2 [-]4 [4]...1 [1]
Tonsils and Adenoids6 [6]4 [4]5 [5]5 [4]...2 [2]
Other Nose and Threat3 [2]1 [1]...1 [1]2 [2]2 [-]
Enlarged Glands of Neck3 [2]1 [-]......3 [1]1 [-]
External Eye Disease2 [11]8 [6]6 [4]5 [2]2 [1]5 [2]
Vision for TreatmentNot Examined[15][20][29][24]
Otorrhœa and Otitis3 [3]1 [1][1]2 [2]...2 [1]
Other Ear Disease2 [1]1 [1]...1 [1]......
Hearing Defect...2 [2]...1 [1]...1 [1]
Stammering......1 [1]........
Other Speech.........1 [-]1 [-]...
Heart Defects3 [-]3 [-]2 [-]4 [3]5 [1]10 [4]
Anæmia2 [2]2 [1]4 [3]5 [4]1 [1]1 [-]
Bronchitis and other Lung Disease8 [4]13 [4]1 [-]4 [-]3 [-]2 [-]
Nervous Disease.........3 [1]......
Phthisis......1 [1]1 [-]......
Other Tubercular Disease1 [-].............
Rickets......1 [-]1 [-]......
Spinal Defects........5 [3]2 [2]2 [-]
Other Deformities............1 [1]1 [-]
Infectious Disease..................
Other Defects5 [3]3 [-]2 [1]6 [2]10 [10]5 [3]
Cases for Dental Treatment[47][36][41][49][25][21]

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The figures in brackets indicate the numbers referred for treatment.