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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN The information in the two following tables has been supplied by the School Medical Officer of the London County Council:— Routine Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras, 1930.
| Defect. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | |||||||||
| Number examined | 1301 | 1312 | 981 | 1072 | 1340 | 1215 | i 961 | 962 | ||||||||
| Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | Cases. * | CaBes. * | Cases. * | |||||||||
| Malnutrition | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Skin disease | 14 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Defective teeth | — | 367 | - | 260 | — | 168 | — | 180 | — | 385 | — | 253 | — | 162 | — | 192 |
| Enlarged tonsils | 165 | 92 | 82 | 37 | 55 | 18 | 39 | 17 | 174 | 82 | 81 | 52 | 46 | 22 | 45 | 21 |
| Adenoids | 21 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 113 | 82 | 77 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 129 | 79 | 46 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Other nose and throat defects | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Enlarged glands | 77 | 12 | 74 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 10 | 55 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Eye disease | 32 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | £2 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Vision defect | — | — | — | 137 | — | 118 | — | 92 | — | — | — | 132 | - | 105 | — | 85 |
| Otorrhoea | 29 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Other ear disease | 2 | 2 | 3 | i | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | - |
| Defective hearing | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Speech defects ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | — | - | — | 1 | 1 |
| Heart defects ... | 19 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 31 | 8 |
| Anosmia ...... | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | -- | 8 | 3 |
| Lung defects | 46 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | — | 48 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Nervous defects... | 11 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Phthisis...... | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | - | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Other T.B. disease | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | _ | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Rickets...... | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Spinal deformities | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| Other deformities | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| Other defects ... | 48 | 33 | 48 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 60 | 34 | 52 | 30 | 47 | 25 | 41 | 33 |
| Number of children noted for treatment | 580 | 496 | 325 | 308 | 601 | 487 | 340 | 340 | ||||||||
Note.—Defects, however slight, are included under "Cases.'' Those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *.