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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: Table II. (a) Defects found at medical inspections in 1930. Elementary and special schools.

Table II. (a) Defects found at medical inspections in 1930. Elementary and special schools.

Disease or defect.Routine inspections—Defects.Special inspections. —Defects.
Requiring treatment.Requiring observation.Requiring treat -Requiring obser
ES.s.s.E.S.s.S.ment.vation.
Malnutrition88868022429179
Skin—Ring-worm, head—-——217
body3811—181
Scabies842——445329
Impetigo23832_458200
Other disease (non-T.B.)8801290_819105
Eye—Blepharitis838372_33324
Conjunctivitis219312—24917
Keratitis3—1—181
Corneal opacities11—8—3515
Defective vision, excluding squint17,2111505,759544,133499
Squint1,29212337—67155
Other conditions204457—23735
Ear—Defective hearing260121571249121
Otitis media1,298243926792163
Other ear disease or defect5625108130868
Nose and throat—Enlarged tonsils8,999267,83492,807576
Adenoids8986517—43985
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids2,7149903—92165
Other conditions81142531473193
Enlarged cervical glands405—1,3163256257
Defective speech110-182214872
Teeth—Dental disease or defect66,194401962105,47890
Heart and circulation— Heart disease—Organic33-111_63
Functional28—284—23
Not stated22612,93920464885
Anaemia82926463732291
Lungs—Bronchitis94421,1212323159
Other non-tubercular2553628-208262
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary definite2—2-52
„ suspected10—51-28125
Glands7—4—2813
Spine——--33
Hip2—1-25
Bones ana joints4—5-63
Skin5—1-71
Other forms5—5-1517
Nervous—Epilepsy21227-12786
Chorea84121-246156
Paralysis151291192147
Other conditions1693222-——
Deformities—Rickets46—35-5225
Spinal curvature69510224219647
Other5834312—21757
Other conditions2,833161,38723,900 including 687 mental defects1,256 including 235 mental defects
(b) Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease).
Age group.Inspected.Found to require treatment.Percentage requiring treatment.
Entrants64,63210,85616.8
Age 861,06812,54320.5
Age 1242,5488,80820.7
Leavers (age 13})48,6058,48617.5
Total elementary schools216,85340,69318.8
Special schools1,605296*18.4

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*Not including special defects for which the children are in special schools.