[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough] page 69

St Pancras 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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MedicalExamination ofElementary School Children in St.Pancras,1922.

Complaint.	Boys.								Girls.
Complaint.	Entrants		Age 8.		Age 12.		Leavers (nearly 14).		Entrants		. Age 8.		Age 12.		Leavers (nearly 14).
Number examined	1,434		1,392		1,679		1,240		1,196		1,463		1,691		1,188
	Cases. †		Cases. †		Cases, †		Cases. †		Cases, †		Cases, †		Cases. †		Cases, †
Malnutrition	7	7	5	5	6	6	8	7	5	5	5		12	11	6	6
Skin disease	26	24	31	28	24	10	20	13	25	17	24	16	16	12	23	16
Defective teeth	—	270	—	238	—	174	—	165	—	274	—	280		193	—	161
Enlarged tonsils (only)	124	23	101	19	103	20	81	10	120	24	101	30	110	36	84	16
Adenoids (only)	59	24	37	27	21	12	5	1	42	18	24	15	13	11	5	1
Tonsils and adenoids (together)Other nose and throat defects	71 51	35 20	23 29	10 14	21 43	11 19	9 21	6 12	55 44	32 27	32 37	18 18	15 45	9 22	5 39	2 32
Enlarged glands (cervical and submaxillary)Eye disease	97 38	423	76 36	3 20	67 37	3 24	77 19	2 8	58 37	424	5753	2 26	85 30	2 14	51 14	3 7
Defective vision	Not tested.		—	180	—	185	—	103	Not tested.		—	216	—	245	—	147
Otorrhcea	15	8	18	12	30	25	20	18	14	7	29	24	29	23	13	12
Other ear disease	17	2	14	1	12	2	14	6	14	4	12	7	16	8	15	6
Defective hearing	15	5	22	7	33	10	15	7	12	4	16	4	18	8	17	8
Speech defects	8	1	6	—	13	1	4	—	11	—	6	—	8	—	5	—
Heart defects	27	3	27	4	44	3	25	1	19	5	26	3	53	8	29	5
Anaemia	23	15	26	16	18	11	21	14	19	8	27	16	25	10	31	18
Lung defects (non-tubercular)	53	23	30	12	16	3	19	5	49	15	24	11	27	10	17	6
Defects of nervous system	11	2	10	5	27	3	1	—	18	1	7	2	27	6	10	2
Phthisis	3	—	3	1	4	3	5	3	3	1	1	1	5	2	1	—
Other tubercular disease	5	2	1	1	—	—	1	—	2	1	1	1	4	4	1	1
Rickets	29	3	15	—	21	—	10	—	13	3	7	—	4	—	6	—
Spinal deformities	2	—	5	3	21	3	27	3	3	0	6	2	19	7	33	12
Other deformities	6	2	3	1	6	—	6	2	6	2	2	1	8	—	9	5
Other defects or disease	45	30	32	20	37	26	22	12	39	29	37	21	60	31	49	26
Number of children noted for treatment	471		507		464		335		429		573		5521		410

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Note.—Defects, however slight, are included under " cases." Those severe enough to require
treatment are shown under †