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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
St Pancras 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SCHOOLS.
The medical inspection and treatment of children in Elementary Schools in St. Pancras
is carried out by the London County Council independently of the Borough Council. The
County Medical Officer has kindly furnished me with particulars of medical inspections of
school children in St. Pancras during 1920. They are classified in the following Tables:—
Medical Inspection of Children in Elementary Schools in St. Pancras, 1920.
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Number examined | 1737 | 1510 | 1446 | 1301 | 1595 | 1564 | 433 | 385 | |
| Number requiring treatment | 654 | 587 | 622 | 528 | 513 | 544 | 115 | 127 | |
| Skin | F | 52 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 |
| X | 38 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | |
| Teeth | X | 335 | 317 | 278 | 238 | 139 | 170 | 37 | 44 |
| Tonsila | F | 198 | 198 | 120 | 159 | 126 | 142 | 11 | 27 |
| X | 29 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 2 | 2 | |
| Adenoida | F | 188 | 149 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 34 | 6 | 7 |
| X | 53 | 46 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | |
| Tonsils and Adenoids | F | 172 | 158 | 59 | 53 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| x | 72 | 68 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other Nose or Throat defects | F | 82 | 47 | 55 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| X | 45 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 7 | — | 2 | |
| Glands of Neck | F | 318 | 276 | 186 | 169 | 147 | 103 | 27 | 22 |
| X | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | |
| Eye disease | F | 73 | 57 | 39 | 35 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 3 |
| X | 63 | 44 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | |
| Vision | X | Not tested | 222 | 193 | 217 | 257 | 50 | 62 | |
| Ear disease | F | 42 | 44 | 30 | 41 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 10 |
| x | 30 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | |
| Hearing | F | 22 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| X | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | — | |
| Speech | F | 31 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 3 | — | — |
| X | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Heart | F | 27 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 9 |
| X | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | — | — | |
| Anæmia | F | 41 | 45 | 68 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 16 | 16 |
| X | 25 | 29 | 49 | 31 | 38 | 34 | 12 | 9 | |
| Lungs | F | 104 | 86 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| X | 29 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | |
| Nervous disease | F | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| X | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Phthisis | F | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| X | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Other Tubercular | F | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 |
| X | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
| Rickets | F | 41 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | — |
| X | 10 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Deformities | F | 11 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 35 | 50 | 27 | 24 |
| X | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | |
| Infectious disease | F | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| X | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Malnutrition | F | 19 | 27 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 5 |
| X | 18 | 26 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | |
| Other defects | F | 59 | 51 | 27 | 38 | 26 | 49 | 11 | 10 |
| X | 35 | 33 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 3 | |
F signifies a defect found.
x signifies a defect noted for treatment.