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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 1925
[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. Tho
County Medical Officer has kindly furnished me with particulars of medical inspections of
school children in St. Pancras during 1925. They are classified in the following Tables:—
| Defect. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14 | |||||||||
| Number examined | 19 65 | 1070 | 1591 | 1055 | 2036 | 1071 | 1556 | 1051 | ||||||||
| Malnutrition | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. # | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | ||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | *2 | ||
| Skin disease | 28 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 11 |
| Defective teeth | — | 523 | — | 227 | — | 239 | — | 190 | — | 562 | 1 | 229 | — | 207 | — | 204 |
| Enlarged tonsils | 171 | 51 | 69 | 20 | 49 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 190 | 53 | 68 | 20 | 51 | 17 | 48 | 17 |
| Adenoids | 132 | 71 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 137 | 72 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Tonsils & adenoids | 146 | 88 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 8 | — | — | 149 | 99 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Other nose and throat | 27 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Enlarged glands | 85 | 8 | 47 | 5 | 18 | — | 5 | 1 | 76 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Eye disease | 52 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Defective vision... | — | — | — | 114 | — | 182 | — | 98 | — | — | — | 121 | — | 165 | — | 101 |
| Otorrhœa | 33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 84 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| Other ear disease | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Defective hearing | 18 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Speech defects | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Heart defects | 36 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 3 |
| Anæmia | 58 | 19 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 51 | 32 | 28 | 12 |
| Lung defects | 101 | 46 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 104 | 10 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Nervous system | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Phthisis | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Other T. B. disease | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rickets | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Spinal deformities* | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 15 | |
| Other deformities | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Other defects | 63 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 37 | 21 | 33 | 13 |
| Number of children noted for treatment | 788 | 128 | 499 | 313 | 848 | 445 | 473 | 358 | ||||||||
Note —Defects, however slight, arc included under "Cases." Those severe enough to require treatment are shown
under *.