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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 1929

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

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Table: TABLE I.Medical Inspection, 1929.ELEMENTARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS, (a) ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. (6) OTHER INSPECTIONS.

TABLE I.Medical Inspection, 1929.ELEMENTARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS, (a) ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. (6) OTHER INSPECTIONS.

Boys.Girls.Total.Hoys.Girls, jTotal.
Entrants38,34737,67776,024Special inspections*(1)18,18818,78936,977
Age 833,44233,20166,643(2)28,04525,99054,035
Age 1223,31123,16646,477Re-inspections——185,989
Leavers28,57428,55557,129
Total—Elementary schools123,674122,599246,273
Special Schools1,0017621,763

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• (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: TABLE II.(a) Defects found at Medical Inspections in 1929.

TABLE II.(a) Defects found at Medical Inspections in 1929.

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.
Malnutrition849129247535190
Skin—
Ringworm—Head6—1—2915
Body40———248
Scabies97———367232
Impetigo30015—44467
Other disease (non-tubercular)1,006394—87593
Eye—
Blepharitis902983—28428
Conjunctivitis334123—34456
Keratitis1———195
Corneal opacities25—7—4310
Defective vision (excluding squint)18,5931396,306703,876470
Squint1,5186481259549
Other conditions208—41120524
Ear—
Defective hearing4243180—206209
Otitis media1,488184916774174
Other ear disease or defect7342168—30884
Nose and throat—
Enlarged tonsils10,421278,343132,711549
Adenoids1.19910616—44671
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids3,22112991290049
Other conditions96472852564194
Enlarged cervical glands53411,7097244267
Defective speech102—185—19446
Teeth, dental disease or defect76,06939391865,02678
Heart and circulation—
Heart disease—Organic402140—69
Functional28—365——3
Not stated273—3,404194971,072
Anasmia1,00857773909246
Lungs—
Bronchitis1,19151,0663358165
Other non-tubercular272—7231235252