[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 39

London County Council 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Elementary schools.																Special schools.
		Entrants.				Intermediate.				Leavers.				Total.		Urgent and special examinations.		Intermediate.				Leavers
		Boys.		Girls.		Boys	.	Girls.		Boys.		Girls.		Boys and Girls.		Boys.	Girls.	Boys.		Girls.		Boys.		Girls.
Number examined		42,102		41,317		25,965		26,139		62,222		60,641		258,386		22,676	25,130		331		217	1,222		997
			%		o/ /o		%		o/ /o		%		%		%		25,130		o/ /o		%		%		0/ /o
Skin diseases	(f)	954	2.3	831	20	467	1.8	429	1.6	810	1.3	820	1.4	4,311	1.7	970	966	9	2.7	8	3.7	26	2.1	20	2.0
„	(x)	458	11	366	.89	209	.81	197	•75	398	.64	284	.47	1,912	.74	725	696	5	15	1	.30	13	11	8	0.8
Tonsils enlarged Adenoids	(f)	5,962	14.2	5,597	13.5	2,969	11.4	3,222	123	5,586	90	6,453	10.6	29,789	11.5	458	653	30	91	26	120	80	6.5	128	12.8
Tonsils enlarged Adenoids	(f)	3,146	7.5	2,350	5.7	1,494	5.8	1,175	4.5	1,849	3.0	1,433	2.4	11,447	4.4	481	498	33	100	24	111	71	5.8	57	5.7
Tonsils or adenoids (X)		2,721	65	2,387	5.8	1,546	60	1,429	5.5	2,355	3.8	2,438	40	12,876	50	578	704	20	60	12	5.5	45	3.7	54	5.4
Other nose&throat defect	(f)	1,416	3.4	1,043	2.5	857	3.3	599	2.3	1,978	3.2	1,254	2.1	7,147	2.7	313	360	36	10.9	16	7.4	88	7.2	75	7.5
	(f)	189	.45	175	.42	144	.55	126	.48	377	.61	336	.55	1,347	.52	219	237	4	1.2	2	.92	13	1.1	12	12
Enlgd. glands of neck	(f)	4,141	9.8	3,662	8.9	2,105	81	2,185	8.4	4,010	6.4	3,456	5.7	19,559	7.6	191	228	40	121	29	13.4	105	8.6	87	8.7
Enlgd. glands of neck	(X)	196	.47	136	•33	74	.28	78	.30	126	.20	124	.20	734	.28	88	96	1	.30	4	1.8	3	.25	5	.50
External eye disease	(f)	1,829	4.3	1,911	4.6	897	3.5	989	3.8	1,700	2.7	1,685	2.8	9,011	3.5	967	1,206	28	8.5	21	9.7	74	6.1	77	7.7
External eye disease	(X)	1,113	26	1,117	27	408	1.6	456	17	668	11	659	11	4,421	1.7	751	913	8	2.4	5	2.3	20	1.6	18	1.8
6/6. R. and L. eye	(X)	-		-		11,322	44.3	10,465	41.0	35,357	57.4	30,998	51.3	_		—	—	69	29.6	46	301	397	34.7	267	29.2
16 /9 R. or L.	...	-		-		9,627	37.6	10,086	39.4	13,237	21.5	15,663	25.9	—		—	—	102	43.8	60	392	403	35.2	314	34.4
6/12 or worse R. or L.		-		-		4,628	181	5,017	19.6	13,016	211	13,780	22.8	—		1,227	1,535	62	26.6	47	30.7	344	301	333	36.4
Vision	(X)	-		-		2,959	11.4	3,324	12.7	8,839	14.2	8,911	14.7	24,033	9.3	1,070	1,263	24	7.3	16	7.4	199	16.3	183	18.4
Ear disease	(f)	1,088	2.6	1,074	2.6	539	21	546	2.1	1,334	21	1,225	20	5,806	2.2	571	582	11	3.3	4	1.8	59	4.8	52	5.2
„	(X)	644	1.5	642	1.6	282	11	272	10	758	1.2	690	1.14	3,288	1.27	466	458	5	1.5	1	.46	28	2.3	29	2.9
Defective hearing	(f)	278	•66	294	.71	428	1.6	340	13	1.044	1.7	945	1.56	3,329	1.29	204	173	10	30	8	3.7	58	4.7	50	5.0
Defective hearing	(x)	78	.18	84	•20	140	.54	109	.42	314	.50	299	.49	1,024	.40	147	128	3	.91	3	1.4	14	1.1	8	.80
Stammering	(/)	53	.13	23	.06	73	.28	35	.13	346	.56	105	.17	635	.25	16	11	4	1.2		—	8	.65	4	•40
„	(X)	2	.005	1	.002	1	.004	2	.007	13	.02	5	.008	24	.009	2	3				—		—		—
Other speech defects	(f)	317	.75	208	.50	179	.69	112	.43	335	.54	246	.41	1,397	.54	25	16	17	5.1	6	2.8	43	3.5	22	2.2
„	(X)	4	.01	3	.007	4	.015	—	—	2	.003	5	•008	18	.007	4	—	1	.30	1	.46		—		—
Heart defects	(f)	1,051	25	971	2.4	779	30	854	3.3	1,962	3.2	2,414	40	8,031	31	283	547	18	5.4	11	5.1	47	3.8	53	5.3
„	(X)	57	.13	46	.11	43	.17	41	.16	136	.22	185	.31	508	.20	43	116		-		—	8	.65	3	.30
Anaemia	(f)	1,363	3.2	1,183	2.9	709	2.7	901	3.4	1,263	203	1,803	2.97	7,222	2.79	345	526	17	51	10	4.6	33	2.7	27	2.7
„	(X)	343	.81	290	•70	147	.57	270	1.03	289	.46	476	.79	1,815	.70	214	294	2	.60	4	1.8	7	.57	10	10
Lung complaints	(f)	2,794	6.6	2,601	6.3	838	3.2	793	30	1,673	2.69	1,413	2.33	10,112	3.9	454	502	13	3.9	11	51	43	3.5	33	3.3
Lung complaints	(x)	747	1.8	714	1.7	163	.63	174	.67	262	.42	203	.33	2,263	.88	144	142	4	1.2	3	14	6	.49	4	.40
Nervous diseases	(f)	422	10	432	11	309	1.2	360	14	495	.80	754	1.24	2,772	107	493	681	21	6.3	7	32	38	31	31	31
..	(X)	42	.10	40	.10	40	.15	37	.14	62	.10	91	.15	312	.12	174	234	1	.30	1	.46	4	.33	10	10
Phthisis	(f)	62	•15	66	.16	41	.16	57	.22	136	.22	136	.22	498	.19	229	284	2	.60		—	5	.41	8	.80
„	(x)	25	•06	20	.05	15	.06	24	.09	54	.09	55	.09	193	.07	99	108		—		—	2	.16	4	.40
Other tubercular disease	(f)	114	.27	98	.24	88	.34	54	•21	154	•25	134	.22	642	•25	180	202	1	.30		—	14	.11	9	.90
„	(X)	29	.07	29	.07	17	.06	13	.05	38	.06	46	.08	172	.07	62	80		—		—	3	.25	4	.40
Rickets	(f)	1,481	3.5	753	1.8	638	2.5	363	14	1,254	2.0	593	.98	5,082	1.97	69	72	28	8.5	9	4.1	71	5.8	20	2.0
„	(x)	82	.20	42	.10	16	.06	9	•03	15	.024	29	.05	193	.07	21	27		—	1	.46	1	.08		—
Deformities	(f)	528	13	285	.69	478	1.8	476	1.8	1,450	23	2,103	3.5	5,320	2.06	178	207	11	3.3	15	6.9	57	4.7	75	7.5
„	(X)	111	.26	48	.12	70	.27	104	.40	191	.31	421	.69	945	.36	80	89	2	.60	2	.92	8	.65	6	.60
Infectious disease	(f)	100	.24	105	.25	17	.06	13	.05	17	.027	35	.06	287	.11	94	102		—		—	2	.16	1	.10
„	(X)	49	.12	51	.12	5	.02	5	.02	5	.008	6	.01	121	.05	43	36		—		—		—		—
Malnutrition	(f)	232	.55	220	.53	186	.72	175	.67	239	.38	266	.44	1,318	.51	87	167	3	.91	2	.92	18	2.5	10	1.0
„	(x)	129	.31	104	.25	98	.38	97	.37	98	.15	123	.20	649	.25	66	125	2	.60	1	.46	11	.90	4	.40
Glands other than throat		20	.05	18	.05	8	.03	28	.11	43	.07	203	.33	320	.12	14	17	1	.30	1	.46	2	.16	5	.50
„	(x)	4	.01	3	.007	—	—	4	.015	2	.003	19	.03	32	.01,	7	9		—		—		—		—
Other defects	(f)	996	2.4	963	2.3	478	1.8	520	2.0	1,143	1.8	1,267	2.09	5,367	2.08	654	908	15	4.5	6	2.8	26	.21	26	2.6
„	(X)	447	11	449	109	213	.82	223	.85	401	.64	435	.72	2,168	.84	333	507	4	1.2	1	.46	14	.11	6	.60
No. noted for treatment		14,825	35.2	14,424	34.4	8,879	34.2	10,496	40.2	24,067	38.7	24,573	40.5	97,264	37.6	5,179	6,048	137	41.5	87	401	482	39.4	462	46.3
Vo. where parent present		31,694	75.3	31,952	77.4	14,574	561	16,450	62.9	22,363	36.0	29,272	48.3	146,305	56.6	—	—	147	44.5	105	48.4	353	28.9	366	36.7

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* The percentages refer only to cases in which the vision was tesred. In some instanc s, especially in the intermediate age group, the children do not know the letters and cannot be tested by the Snellen card.
(/) = Defects found. (x)=Requiring treatment.