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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table " A." Table showing in Detail, Physical Defect of 724 Children at Ponton-Road Place of Detention in 1930.
| Year of Birth. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | |||
| Boys (628) | 95 | 123 | 101 | 77 | 66 | 57 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 724 | |
| Girls (96) | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Average height in cms. | 160.3 | 155.9 | 148.5 | 142.8 | 138.5 | 134.8 | 130.8 | 126.0 | 122.2 | 117.4 | 109.6 | 103.8 | 102.7 | 93.0 | 86 .5 | Per cent. | |
| „ weight in kgs. | 49.7 | 45.1 | 38.7 | 34.7 | 32.2 | 30.2 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 23.5 | 221 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 14.2 | 12.1 | ||
| Nutrition | Good | 26 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | - | -_ | 17.4 |
| Fair 2 | 59 | 82 | 71 | 55 | 40 | 41 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 60.4 | |
| Bad 3 | 29 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 22.2 | |
| Physique | Good 1 | 39 | 45 | 26 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 24.8 |
| Fair 2 | 55 | 71 | 68 | 55 | 38 | 34 | 40 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 57.3 | |
| Bad 3 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 17.9 | |
| Cleanliness of head | Good 1 | 96 | 113 | 89 | 70 | 55 | 41 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 77.9 | |
| Fair 2 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15.0 | ||
| Bad 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 7.1 | |
| Cleanliness of body | Good 1 | 110 | 137 | 108 | 80 | 70 | 58 | 52 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 94.15 |
| Fair 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 4.0 | |
| Bad 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1.05 | |
| Diseases of skin | Scabies | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.2 |
| Impetigo | - | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | - | - | - | ||
| Other | 18 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Vision | 6/6 | 71 | 95 | 79 | 55 | 59 | 40 | 32 | 23 | 15 | - | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 60.4 |
| 6/9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.2 | |
| 6/12 + | 35 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31.4 | |
| Eye diseases | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.3 | |
| Teeth | 54 | 88 | 66 | 51 | 38 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 9 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 56.6 | |
| 2 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | _ | - | _ | 37.6 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 5.8 | |
| Ears | Otorrhœa | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| Deafness | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | _ | — | __ | _ | _ | _ | 1.8 | |
| Other diseases | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.3 | |
| Nose and throat | Tonsils enlgd. | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 6.3 |
| Adenoids | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | — | 3 | _ | _ | _ | - | - | _ | _ | - | -_ | 1.1 | |
| Tons, and ads. | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0.9 | |
| Heart | Organic dis. | 3 | 1 | 1 | -_ | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1 |
| Functional dis. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | - | -_ | _ | _ | _ | 1.6 | |
| Anaemia | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | |
| Disease of lungs | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | |
| Digestive disturbances— Hernia, etc. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | _ | _ | 0.5 | |
| Nervoussystem | Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 |
| Chorea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | - | _ | - | - | - | |
| Paralysis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | 0.2 | |
| Functional dis. | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | |
| Enuresis | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | _ | - | - | 5.8 | |
| Congenital syphilis | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.9 | |
| Speech | Defect of articulation | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 |
| Stammer | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | |
| Genito- urinary | Diseases | 4 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 |
| Abnormality | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | |
| Rickets | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5.9 | |
| Deformities | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | |
| Endocrine disturbances | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | |
| Left handedness | 5 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6.4 | |