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London County Council 1932

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

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Table: STATISTICAL TABLES. Table L Medical Inspection, 1932. (a) Routine Inspections.

STATISTICAL TABLES. Table L Medical Inspection, 1932. (a) Routine Inspections.

Group.Boye.Girls.Total.
Entrants29,18329,16258,345
Age 826,85826,27453,132
Age 1234,90934,51969,428
Leavers19,64919,47139,120
Total elementary schools110,599109,426220,025
„ special schools1,0298411,870
(b) Other Inspections.
Special inspections49,57346,28295,855
Infectious disease enquiries——58,870
Re-inspections——163,491

Table: Table II. (a) Defects found at medical inspections in 1932. Elementary and special schools.

Table II. (a) Defects found at medical inspections in 1932. 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.Element. ary schools.Special schools.
Malnutrition1,109790231,531379
Skin—Ringworm, head1———203
„ „ body42—4—286
Scabies11722—1,79511
Impetigo17334—45411
Other disease (non-tubercular)1,0014130—74986
Eve—Blepharitis796375—32817
Conjunctivitis17439—29384
Keratitis3———131
Corneal opacities16—6—2612
Defective vision, excluding squint16,8101686,879863,853499
Squint1,2784379—53953
Other conditions198146128557
Ear— Defective hearing2836118123582
Otitis media1,082213502638138
Other ear disease or defect ...6065104—26755
Nose and throat—
Enlarged tonsils7,284337,064131,959418
Adenoids6992417—35343
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids2,1837641174049
Other conditions78942661677110
Enlarged cervical glands33711,0412242270
Defective speech1191165—13149
Teeth—Dental disease or defect63,4374081,15554,63376
Heart and circulation, heart disease—
Organic23—88178
Functional28—247—1015
Not stated20622,46719335734
Anaemia84335872498187
Lungs—Bronchitis9932923625386
Other non-tubercular256—6315210186
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary definite——7—46
„ suspected15—48229125
Glands9116—1815
Spine——1—24
Hip——4—61
Bones and joints——4—52
Skin1—1—51
Other forms2—4—710