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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras, 1923.
| Boys. | Girls. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Entrants. | .Age 8. | Age 12. | |||||||
| Number examined | 1591 | 1509 | 1661 | 1667 | 1397 | 1542 | ||||||
| Cases. | * | Cases. | * | Cases. | * | Cases. | * | Cases. | * | Cases.0 | * | |
| Malnutrition | 9 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Skin disease | 26 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 18 |
| Defective teeth | — | 309 | — | 282 | — | 198 | — | 358 | — | 258 | — | 177 |
| Enlarged tonsils (only) | 68 | 23 | 70 | 20 | 58 | 12 | 89 | 34 | 74 | 26 | 78 | 19 |
| Adenoids (only) | 71 | 37 | 55 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 80 | 55 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 7 |
| Tonsils and adenoids (together) | 96 | 68 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 86 | 55 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 3 |
| Other nose and throat defects | 20 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| Enlarged glands (cervical and submaxillary) | 68 | 7 | 76 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 48 | — | 59 | 2 | 23 | 3 |
| Eye disease | 41 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 8 |
| Defective vision | Not tested | — | 142 | — | 171 | Not tested | — | 161 | — | 177 | ||
| Otorrhœa | 20 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 14 |
| Other ear disease | 7 | — | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Defective hearing | 11 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 12 |
| Speech defects | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | — | 9 | — | 4 | — | 6 | — |
| Heart defects | 22 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 9 |
| Anaemia | 13 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 19 |
| Lung defects (non.tuberculous) | 58 | 29 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 9 |
| Defects of nervous system | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| Phthisis | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other tubercular disease | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Rickets | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Spinal defoimities | — | — | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Other deformities | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | — | 5 | 1 | 10 | — | 9 | 3 |
| Other defects or disease | 36 | 24 | 46 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 34 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 41 | 24 |
| Number of children noted for treatment | 516 | 557 | 450 | 598 | 528 | 453 | ||||||
Note.—Defects, however slight, are included under "Cases.'' Those severe enough to require treatment are shown
under *.