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London County Council 1919

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

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Table: TABLE I.Number of Chidren Inspected 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1919.(a.) Routine Medical Inspection.

TABLE I.

Number of Chidren Inspected 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1919.

(a.) Routine Medical Inspection.

Age.Entrants.Intermediate group.Leavers.Total.
3.4.5.6.Other ages.Total.8.12.13.14.Other ages.Total.All age groups.
Boys2,5708,69117,2664,82894434,29930,01932,83836455433,26197,579
Girls2,2107,46618.7004,65195333,98030,42932,81532633—33,17497,583
Total4,78016,15735,9669,4791,89768,27960,44865,65369088466,435195,162

Table: (6.) Special I nspections.

(6.) Special I nspections.

Special cases.*General examination.Re.examinations, i.e., number of children re.inspected.
Boys26,1347,317—
Girls25,7749,273—
Total51,90816,590155,020†

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* These cases are children examined prior to a school journey, contacts with infectious disease and examinations
where all children in a classroom are inspected en masse, and individual records are only kept in cases where
defects are found.
f Excluding 18,286 children seen at both first and second re.inspection in this year.

Table: TABLE II.Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1919.

TABLE II.

Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1919.

Code groups.Specials.
Number referred for treatment.Number requiring observation.
Elementary Schools.Special Schools.Referred for treatment.Requiring observation.
Malnutrition94081,275245282
Uncleanliness—Head
Body
Ringworm—Head932524
Body21831
SkinScabies2,6552465,27436
Impetigo171,42932
Other disease2431,622125
EyeDefective vision and squint14,8441626,5425,794470
External eye disease3,668402601,486106
EarDefective hearing7713136061285
Ear disease2,823226151,759133
Nose and throatEnlarged tonsils5,3521,217218
Adenoids11,817801,47171590
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids75250026
Defective speech72—25111369
Heart and circulationHeart disease—Organic268356110
Functional4166564103142
Not defined3,887170590
Anæmia2,477141,1611,069283
Pulmonary tuberculosis—Defined25914337177
Lungs*Suspected12,012120172
Bronchitis2,686201,30731764
Other disease390597452
NervousEpilepsy126317116
Chorea334109025097
Other disease1374359203
Non.pulmonary tuberculosis—Glands4117138
Bones and joints22422313547
Other forms3211138
Rickets245115815846
Deformities1,024876045987
Other defects5,358464,1983,742849
Teeth50,0313999533,54453

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* In many of these cases the defect is not defined—such expressions as" lungs," " ? bronchitis," etc., being used.
55580 N