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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 B. Table Showing Percentage Defects in Age-Group Delinquents and Comparison with Defects Found in Age-Group London School Children, for 1930.
| 8-year-old group. | 12-year-old group. | "Leavers" | Whole group. P.of D. | Total. London | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.ofD. | London | P.of D. | London | P.of D. | London | ||||
| Nutrition | Good 1 | 11.1 | 17.1 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 10.6 | 24.2 | 17.4 | 20.5 |
| Fair 2 | 72.3 | 77.2 | 65.0 | 76.7 | 64.7 | 72.5 | 60.4 | 75.0 | |
| Bad 3 | 16.6 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 4.8 | 24.7 | 3.3 | 22.2 | 4.5 | |
| Physique | Good 1 | 13.3 | No re- cord | 26.1 | No re cord | 16.4 | No re- cord | 24.8 | No re- cord |
| Fair 2 | 60.1 | 54.9 | 64.8 | 57.3 | |||||
| Bad 3 | 26.6 | 190 | 18.8 | 17.9 | |||||
| Cleanliness of Head | Good 1 | 83.4 | 94.4 | 65.1 | 94.4 | 82.5 | 96.1 | 77.9 | 94.9 |
| Fair 2 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 20.6 | 5.1 | 15.2 | 3.5 | 15.0 | 4.5 | |
| Bad 3 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 0.6 | |
| Cleanliness of Body | Good 1 | 88.9 | 97.1 | 82.3 | 97.4 | 94.2 | 97.8 | 95.0 | 97.4 |
| Fair 2 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 2.5 | |
| Bad 3 | 11.1 | 0.15 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | |
| Skin | Scabies | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Impetigo Other diseases | 0.0 22.2 | 30 15.3 | 2.3 6.9 | 3.5 11.7 | |||||
| Teeth | 1 | 50.1 | 66.1 | 51.9 | 74.4 | 60.1 | 73.3 | 56.6 | 65.2 |
| 2 | 44.4 | 27.1 | 46.6 | 23.8 | 32.9 | 24.9 | 37.6 | 27.7 | |
| 3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 7.1 | |
| Vision | 6/6 | 88.9 | 52.3 | 63.6 | 57.4 | 64.8 | 61.3 | 68.6 | 56.6 |
| 6/9 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 6.3 | 23.1 | 10.5 | 19.7 | 8.2 | 24.9 | |
| 6/12 + | 11.1 | 17.4 | 30.1 | 19.5 | 24.7 | 19.0 | 23.2 | 18.5 | |
| Ears | Otorrhœa | _ | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| Deafness | 5.5 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
| Nose and throat | Other diseases | - | 0.3 | _ | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Tonsils enlarged | 5.5 | 10.1 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 10.1 | |
| Adenoids | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |
| Tonsils & adenoids | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.8 | — | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | |
| Heart | Organic diseases | _ | 2.1 | 31 | 2.4 | 0.0 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Functional diseases | _ | 0.0 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Anaemia | — | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| Lungs | — | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 1.2 | |
| Digestive disturbances | 5.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | — | |
| Nervous system | Epilepsy | - | _ | _ | 0.0 | _ | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Chorea | - | — | _ | 0.0 | _ | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Paralysis | - | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Functional diseases | 16.6 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 0.3 | |
| Enuresis | 16.6 | — | 9.4 | — | 8.2 | — | 5.8 | — | |
| Speech | Defect of articulation | - | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Stammer | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 | |||||
| Genitourinary | Diseases | — | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | _ |
| Abnormality | 5.5 | — | 6.3 | — | 8.2 | — | 4.0 | — | |
| Bickets | 5.5 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0.4 | |
| Deformity | — | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | |
| Congenital syphilis | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 0.9 | — | |
| Endocrine disturbance | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | — | 2.4 | — | |
| Left.handedness | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.4 | — | |