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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE I.
Medical Inspections, 1928.
ELEMENTARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
(a) ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. (b) OTHER INSPECTIONS.
| Age group. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Boys | Girls. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 37,222 | 37,105 | 74,327 | Special inspections* | (1) | 18,942 | 18,708 | 37,650 |
| Age 8 | 37,925 | 37,218 | 75,143 | (2) | 26,360 | 24,822 | 51,182 | |
| Age 12 | 29,125 | 28,659 | 57,784 | Re-inspections | - | - | 187,480 | |
| Leavers | 29,854 | 29,448 | 59,302 | |||||
| Total— | ||||||||
| Elementary schools | 134,126 | 132,430 | 266,556 | |||||
| Special Schools | 1,158 | 878 | 2,036 | |||||
| * (1) Special cases where individual notes are made. (2) Cases seen en masse where individual notes are not made unless noted for treatment or observation, e.g., camp school nominations, school journey children etc. (infectious disease contacts are not included in this figure). | ||||||||
TABLE II.
(a) Defects found at Medical Inspections in 1928.
ELEMENTARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
| Disease or defect. | Routine inspections. | Special inspections. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defects. | Defects. | |||||
| Requiring treatment. | Requiring observation. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring observation only. | |||
| E.S. | S.S. | E.S. | S.S. | |||
| Malnutrition | 904 | 7 | 985 | 2 | 562 | 181 |
| Skin— | ||||||
| Ringworm—Head | 14 | — | — | — | 50 | 17 |
| Body | 33 | — | 2 | — | 31 | 4 |
| Scabies | 99 | - | 1 | — | 341 | 60 |
| Impetigo | 354 | 1 | 9 | — | 486 | 36 |
| Other disease (non-tubercular) | 1,178 | 8 | 106 | 1 | 780 | 116 |
| Eye— | ||||||
| Blepharitis | 1,025 | 6 | 93 | — | 271 | 33 |
| Conjunctivitis | 348 | 4 | 22 | — | 280 | 19 |
| Keratitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | 18 | 3 |
| Corneal opacities and ulcers | 19 | — | 8 | — | 43 | 10 |
| Defective vision (excluding squint) | 20,895 | 166 | 7,042 | 85 | 3,675 | 415 |
| Squint | 1,622 | 8 | 503 | 3 | 550 | 63 |
| Other conditions | 205 | 2 | 60 | — | 189 | 29 |
| Ear— | ||||||
| Defective hearing | 475 | 10 | 218 | 4 | 260 | 161 |
| Otitis media | 1,734 | 39 | 531 | 4 | 771 | 158 |
| Other ear disease or defect | 729 | 11 | 156 | — | 263 | 60 |
| Nose and throat— | ||||||
| Enlarged tonsils | 10,745 | 56 | 8,760 | 32 | 2,812 | 549 |
| Adenoids | 1,242 | 9 | 624 | 1 | 440 | 81 |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 3,292 | 19 | 804 | 1 | 795 | 52 |
| Other conditions | 1,287 | 7 | 441 | 4 | 545 | 169 |
| Enlarged cervical glands (non-tubercular) | 641 | 4 | 2,005 | 5 | 218 | 307 |
| Defective speech | 129 | — | 185 | 2 | 145 | 55 |
| Teeth, dental disease or defect | 80,969 | 426 | 939 | 7 | 5,359 | 104 |
| Heart and circulation— | ||||||
| Heart disease—Organic | 35 | — | 120 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| Functional | 23 | — | 276 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Not stated | 259 | 2 | 3,844 | 20 | 568 | 1,029 |
| Anæmia | 1,208 | 7 | 1,091 | — | 1,065 | 302 |
| Lungs— | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 1,179 | 2 | 1,418 | 2 | 412 | 186 |
| Other non-tubercular | 255 | 1 | 947 | 3 | 246 | 302 |