[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 121

London County Council 1924

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

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Defect or disease.	Routine inspections		Special inspections.
	Defects.		Defects.
	Requiring treatment.	Requiring observation only.	Requiring treatment.	Requiring observation only.
Eye—(continued) Corneal opacities	8	10	17	10
Dofective vision (excluding squint)	13,023	6,482	3,461	379
Squint	1,384	475	532	44
Other conditions	220	63	194	31
Ear— Defective hearing	477	232	371	66
Otitis media	1,785	485	801	122
Other oar disease or defect	539	122	228	36
Nose and throat— Enlarged tonsils	5,608	5,382	1,630	384
Adenoids	1,282	727	512	60
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids	2,097	642	559	65
Other conditions	1,237	414	664	157
Enlarged cervical glands (non-tubercular)	421	1,736	261	237
Defective speech	80	189	89	65
Teeth, dental disease	48,903	925	3,653	85
Heart and circulation— Heart disease—Organic	49	217	43	40
Functional	23	419	12	24
Not stated	191	3.326	411	954
Anosmia	1,587	1,169	2,072	500
Lungs— Bronchitis	1,504	1,509	755	263
Other non-tubercular	217	765	262	385
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary—Definite	13	18	57	12
Suspected	30	65	105	197
Non-pulmonary—Glands	39	17	69	30
Spine	2	1	7	5
Hip	2	10	10	15
Bones and joints	3	7	21	12
Skin	7	7	6	5
Other forms	20	13	29	14
Nervous— Epilepsy	42	56	192	114
Chorea	89	60	337	146
Paralysis	40	73	168	155
Other conditions	69	145	168	155
Deformities— Rickets	99	46	64	9
Spinal curvature	456	281	191	66
Other forms	287	201	298	145
Other conditions	3,039	1,591	4,998	1,594

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(b) Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness).

Age group.	Inspected.	Found to require treatment.	Percentage requiring treatment.
Entrants	65,231	25,152	38.6
Intermediate	62,318	24,985	40.1
Leavers Total-	65,336	24,078	36.9
Elementary schools	192,885	74,215	38.5
Special schools	1,486	542	36.5