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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 11. (a) Dejects found at medical inspections in 1931. Elementary and special schools.
| Disease or defect. • | Routine inspections—-Defects. | Special inspections— Defects. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring treatment. | Requiring observation. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring observation. | ||||
| Elementary schools. | Special schools. | Elementary schools. | Special schools. | ||||
| Malnutrition | 979 | 4 | 882 | 1 | 622 | 216 | |
| Skin— | Ringworm, head | 4 | — | — | — | 16 | 4 |
| „ „ body | 32 | — | 1 | — | 23 | 19 | |
| Scabies | 99 | 1 | 2 | — | 999 | 14 | |
| Impetigo | 226 | — | 3 | — | 414 | 10 | |
| Other disease (Non-T.B.) | 939 | 8 | 92 | 1 | 628 | 48 | |
| Eye— | Blepharitis | 854 | 5 | 87 | — | 311 | 13 |
| Conjunctivitis | 216 | 3 | 14 | — | 242 | 12 | |
| Keratitis | 7 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 4 | |
| Corneal opacities | 8 | — | 8 | — | 24 | 12 | |
| Defective vision, excluding squint | 16,422 | 122 | 6,620 | 70 | 4,467 | 436 | |
| Squint | 1,360 | 7 | 408 | — | 551 | 30 | |
| Other conditions | 177 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 146 | 13 | |
| Ear— | Defective hearing | 285 | 7 | 123 | 1 | 246 | 71 |
| Otitis media | 1,197 | 19 | 432 | 1 | 683 | 118 | |
| Other ear disease or defect | 640 | 9 | 102 | 1 | 207 | 24 | |
| Nose and throat— | |||||||
| Enlarged tonsils | 8,977 | 29 | 8,338 | 25 | 2,433 | 483 | |
| Adenoids | 896 | 1 | 513 | 2 | 621 | 70 | |
| Enlarged tonsils and adenoids | 3,010 | 9 | 785 | 3 | 816 | 47 | |
| Other conditions | 811 | 4 | 284 | 1 | 379 | 42 | |
| Enlarged cervical glands | 330 | 4 | 1,165 | 4 | 202 | 203 | |
| Defective speech | 126 | 1 | 162 | 1 | 124 | 57 | |
| Teeth—Dental disease or defect | 65,400 | 403 | 1,357 | 3 | 4,882 | 84 | |
| Heart and circulation, heart disease— | |||||||
| Organic | 23 | — | 99 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
| Functional | 31 | — | 219 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Not stated | 194 | — | 2,474 | 13 | 250 | 662 | |
| Aneemia | 742 | 1 | 660 | 1 | 389 | 159 | |
| Lungs | —Bronchitis | 1,143 | 9 | 1,126 | 3 | 304 | 102 |
| Other non-tubercular | 248 | 1 | 558 | — | 167 | 186 | |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||
| Pulmonary definite | 2 | — | 11 | — | 11 | 4 | |
| „ suspected | 14 | — | 46 | — | 41 | 139 | |
| Glands | 10 | — | 12 | — | 13 | 5 | |
| Spine | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | |
| Hip | 1 | — | 4 | — | 5 | 6 | |
| Bones and joints | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | |
| Skin | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | |
| Other forms | 4 | 1 | 8 | — | 21 | 15 | |
| Nervo | us—Epilepsy | 20 | 1 | 33 | — | 96 | 35 |
| Chorea | 82 | — | 81 | — | 240 | 96 | |
| Paralysis | 22 | — | 20 | 2 | 225 | 82 | |
| Other conditions | 162 | — | 219 | ||||
| Deformities— | |||||||
| Rickets | 64 | — | 32 | — | 21 | 13 | |
| Spinal curvature | 549 | 7 | 222 | 2 | 159 | 49 | |
| Other | 567 | 5 | 447 | 2 | 205 | 32 | |
| Other conditions | 2,819 | 12 | 1,268 | 2 | 3,715 | 1,110 | |
| Mental defects | — | — | — | — | 448 | 363 | |