London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE X. Medical Inspection in Day Continuation Schools.
| Nutrition. | Clothing. | Skin and hair. | Teeth. | Nose and throat defects. | Enlarged glands. | External eye disease. | Vision. | Hearing defective. | Speech defects. | Heart and circulation. | Anaemia. | Lung defects. | Nervous system. | Digestive system. | Spine. | Flat foot. | Other deformities. | Defects of U.G. system. | Other defects. | |||||||||||||||
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| No. examined. | Excellent. | Normal. | Below normal. | Bad (i.e., malnutrition). | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi present. | Sound. | Less than -4 decayed. | 4 or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either eye. | 6/12 or worse in either eye. | No. wearing glasses. | Ear disease. | ||||||||||||||||
| Males | 1,869* | 169 | 781 | 94 | 2 | 477 | 497 | 96 | 881 | 169 | 4 | 657 | 489 | 118 | 73 | 7 | 47 | 652 | 91 | 461 | 79 | 35 | 26 | 21 | 96 | 45 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 12 |
| Females | 1,655 | 170 | 461 | 40 | — | 230 | 196 | 26 | 402 | 136 | 24 | 237 | 608 | 121 | 125 | 38 | 33 | 303 | 118 | 500 | 85 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 115 | 92 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| *Including young persons brought forward for special examination. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||