Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE II. Return of Defects found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1922.
Defect or disease. | Routine examination. | Special. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number referred for treatmentt | Number noted for observation. | Number referred for treatment. | Number noted for observation. | |
Malnutrition | 514 | 1,114 | 522 | 283 |
Ringworm (head) | 31 | 5 | 173 | 23 |
,, (body) | 70 | 6 | 72 | 4 |
Scabies | 154 | 3 | 1,800 | 8 |
Impetigo | 358 | 29 | 752 | 18 |
Other skin defects (non-tubercular) | 1,426 | 312 | 638 | 74 |
Blepharitis | 926 | 135 | 358 | 28 |
Conjunctivitis | 351 | 47 | 547 | 26 |
Keratitis | 7 | 9 | 79 | 19 |
Corneal ulcer | 10 | 8 | 107 | 28 |
Corneal opacity | 16 | 20 | 22 | 10 |
Defective vision | 18,629 | 7,511 | 3,344 | 478 |
Squint | 1,399 | 593 | 509 | 41 |
Other eye defects | 594 | 79 | 133 | 18 |
Defective hearing | 791 | 431 | 377 | 77 |
Otitis media and otorrhœa | 2,296 | 856 | 1,266 | 94 |
Other ear defects | 558 | 140 | 219 | 29 |
Enlarged tonsils | 5,063 | 4,757 | 1,160 | 319 |
Adenoids | 1,328 | 655 | 458 | 80 |
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 1,828 | 736 | 378 | 33 |
Other nose and throat defects | 1,440 | 710 | 715 | 461 |
Enlarged cervical glands | 414 | 1,848 | 217 | 221 |
Defects of speech | 143 | 270 | 112 | 58 |
Dental defects | 57,410 | 1,122 | 3,140 | 114 |
Heart disease, organic | 65 | 437 | 115 | 74 |
„ functional | 19 | 872 | 24 | 52 |
„ not stated | 274 | 3,988 | 464 | 857 |
„ anaemia | 1,728 | 1,426 | 1,879 | 435 |
Bronchitis | 1,480 | 1,723 | 622 | 233 |
Other lung defects (non-tubercular) | 712* | 948* | 204 | 339 |
Phthisis, definite | 89 | 38 | 106 | 41 |
„ suspected | — | 139 | 181 | 150 |
Tuberculosis, glands | 24 | 27 | 73 | 36 |
„ spine | — | 10 | 11 | 7 |
hip | 3 | 13 | 26 | 14 |
,, bones and joints | 7 | 17 | 31 | 20 |
„ skin | 21 | 11 | 1 | — |
,, Other forms | 61 | 31 | 52 | 13 |
Epilepsy | 64 | 159 | 238 | 125 |
Chorea | 80 | 133 | 380 | 164 |
Other nervous conditions | 220 | 379 | 142 | 147 |
Rickets | 119 | 110 | 101 | 16 |
Spinal curvature | 749 | 725 | 158 | 65 |
Other deformities | 278 | 185 | 299 | 138 |
Other defects | 3,000 | 2,296 | 2,973 | 878 |
Number of children referred for treatment or observation Routine, 109,971 Special, 28,186
• Probably some of these are cases of suspected phthisis.
TABLE III. Numerical Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area in 1922.
Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Blind (including partially blind) within the meaning of the Education Act, 1921 — | |||
Attending public elementary schools (a) | 34 | 32 | 66 |
Attending certified schools for the blind | 536 | 589 | 1,125 |
Not at school (b) | 13 | 28 | 41 |