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London County Council 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The age and sex-distribution of this estimated population is as follows Table 1.
Age group Males Females Total -
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The births in the resident populations of each metropolitan borough during 1936 were as follows :— Table 2.—County of London—Births. 1936.
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order Live-births Still-births Total Legitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate -
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The distribution of deaths by ages in 1936 and recent preceding periods is shown in the following table:— Table 3
Period 0- 1- 2- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55 - 65+ All ages -
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Table 4.—County of London—Deaths from street accidents.
Year Age-group 0-5 5-15 15-25 25-45 45-65 65+ All ages -
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The movement of the death-rates from the principal diseases at ages below one year since 1910 are shown in the following table :— Table 5.
Cause of death 1911 to 1914 1915 to 1918 1919 to 1922 1923 to 1926 1927 to 1930 1931 to 1934 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 -
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Table 6.-County of London-Infant Mortality, 1936.
Cause of death Age at death Total Under 1 day 1 to 7 days 1 to 4 weeks 4 weeks to 3 months 3 months to 6 months 6 months to 9 months 9 months to 1 year Number Males Females -
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Table 7.—Migration—County of London—1861-1931, (+ = migration in, — = migration out.)
Intercensal period Sex Migration of Net movement London born Born elsewhere -
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Table 8.—Birthplaces of the London population—Percentage apportionment.
Where born Census 1861 1891 1931 -
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Table 9.
Age periods Under 3 3-5 5-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Over 60 Total -
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The following statement shows the number of cases notified and confirmed and the number of deaths, including deaths among un-notified cases recorded in the Registrar-General's death returns:—
1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 -
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Table 10.
Sex Under 5 years 5-15 years 15-25 years 25-35 years 35-45 years 45-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years Total -
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The causes of illness in the 382 notified cases were stated to be as follows:—
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Table 11.
Area. 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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Table 12.
Area 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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Table 13.
1- 5- 9- 13- 17- 21- 25- 29- 33- 37- 41- 45- 49-53 (5weeks) -
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Table 14.
Year 1936 Age-period Total 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 15 + -
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Table 15.
Area 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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Table l6.
l- 5- 9- 13- 17- 21- 25- 29- 33- 37- 41- 45- 49-53 (5 weeks) -
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Table 17.
Year 1936 Age-period Total 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 15 + -
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Table 18.
Area 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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Table 19.
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order Childbirth deaths* per 1,000 live births Number of deaths in childbirth 1936 1921-30 1931-36 Puerperal fever Other causes Total Puerperal fever Other causes Total Puerperal fever Other causes Total -
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Table 20.
1- 5- 9- 13- 17- 21- 25- 29- 33- 37- 41- 45- 49-53 (5 weeks) -
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Table 21.
Period Pulmonary tuberculosis death-rates Non-pulmonary tuberculosis death-rates Males Females Total Males Females Total -
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Table 22.
Form of tuberculosis notified Sex Number of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis Total notifications 0- 1- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65 + Total all ages -
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Table 23.
Form of tuberculosis notified Sex New cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification 0- 1- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65 + Total -
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Table 21.
Source of information Number of cases Pulmonary Non-pulmonary -
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Table 25.
Metropolitan boroughs in topographical order Cases on notification register at beginning of 1936 Cases added to register during registration year. Brought to knowledge by Cases removed from register during the registration year Cases on notification register at end of 1936 Notification Otherwise Cured, removed, etc. Deaths Total Per 1,000 of population -
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Table 26.—County of London. Age distribution of primary notifications of tuberculosis according to localisation of disease, 1935 and 1936.
Age group Respiratory system Spine Hip Knee Other limbs bones and joints Abdominal Peripheral glands Other sites Total Lungs Other -
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Table 27.-County of London. Age distribution of primary notifications of tuberculosis according to source of notification, 1935 and 1936. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, 1935 and 1936.
Age group Dispensary Hospital . Private L.C.C. hospitals and institutions Total -
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Other forms of tuberculosis, 1935 and 1936.
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Table 28.— Vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1936. (Rates per 1,000 of population.)
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order Estimated resident population 1936 Live births Deaths Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) Measles Scarlet fever Diphtheria Whooping cough Typhoid fever Diarrhœa and enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 live births') Pulmonary tuberculosis Pneumonia Other resp. dis. Cancer Maternal mortality (per 1,000 live births) Notifications of infectious disease (53 weeks) Scarlet fever Diphtheria Ty phoid fever Erysipelas Cerebrospinal fever Acute pneumonia -
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Table 29.-County of London-Principal causes of death by sex and age, 1936.
Causes of death Sex All Ages 0- 1- 2- 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 65- 65- 75- -
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Table 29-continued.-County of London-Principal, causes of death by sex and age, 1936.
Causes of death Sex All Ages 0- 1- 2- 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- -
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Table 30.—County of London.— Principal vital statistics, 1891-1936.
Period Annual rate per 1,000 living Annual mortality per 1,000 living Annual mortality per 1,000 live births Live births Marriages Deaths (all causes) Cerebrospinal fever Diphtheria Enteric fever Scarlet fever Smallpox Whooping-cough Measles Influenza Tuberculosis Pneumonia (all forms) Bronchitis Other resp. diseases Heart disease Cancer Diabetes infants 0—1 Diarrhœa and enteritis 0—2 Puerperal fever Other acc. of ch. birth Pulmonary Non-pulmonary -
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Table 31.—County of London.— Notifiable infectious diseases.— Notifications per 1,000 of population. Annual rates per 1,000 living
Period Anthrax Cerebrospinal fever Continued fever Diphtheria Dysentery Encephalitis lethargica Enteric fever Erysipelas Malaria Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 live births) Pneumonia Polioencephalitis Poliomyelitis Puerperal fever (per 1,000 live births) Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 live births) Scarlet fever Smallpox Typhus -
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Table 32.-County of London.- Annual number of notifications of infectious disease, 1926.36.
Year Anthrax Cerebrospinal fever Continued fever Diphtheria Dysentery Encephalitis lethargica Enteric fever Erysipelas Malaria Ophthalmia neonatorum Pneumonia Polioencephalitis Poliomyelitis Puerperal fever Puerperal pyrexia Scarlet fever Smallpox Typhus -
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Table 33.-County of London.- Notifications of infectious disease during the 53 weeks ended 2nd January, 1937.
Metropolitan boroughs (in topographical order) Anthrax Cerebrospinal fever Continued fever Diphtheria (including membranous croup) Dysentery Encephalitis lethargica Enteric fever Erysipelas Malaria Ophthalmia neonatorum Pneumonia Polio encephalitis Polio, myelitis Puerparal fever Puerperal pyrexia Scarlet fever Smallpox Typhus -
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Representations by medical officers of the public health department in respect of clearance areas under the Housing Act, 1930, have been maintained during the year 1936 at the same rate as in 1935.
Areas Houses "Other buildings" included under the terms of sec- 62 (1) of the Housing Act, 1935 -
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Table 34.
Metropolitan borough Number of houses represented to L.C.C. by its medical officers Number of houses notified (Sec. 16(5)) by Borough Councils Metropolitan borough Number of houses represented to L.C.C. by its medical officers Number of houses notified (Sec. 16(5)) by Borough Councils -
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The result of such sampling during 1936, as compared with that of 1935 is as follows:— Table 35.
Quarter 1935 1936 Completed examinations Number tuberculous Percentage Completed examinations Number tuberculous Percentage -
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Table 36.
Department Approximate stock at 31st December, 1936 Visits by veterinary surgeon Samples taken of which examination completed Samples found to be tuberculous Cows with tuberculosis Cows with unhealthy conditions not tuberculous Cows Bulls Young stock -
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Table 37.
London Middlesex Essex Surrey Kent Herts. Bucks. East Ham West Ham Croydon Total "Other places" Grand total -
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Pathological Examinations.
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Table 38.
Year New cases Total venereal cases Syphilis Soft chancre Gonorrhœa M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Table 39.
Under 1 year 1 and under 6 years 5 and under 15 years 15 years and over Total M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Table 40.
Year New cases Total attendances (venereal and non-venereal) In-patients days Venereal Non-venereal Total -
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Another point worthy of note is the total number of examinations made of pathological specimens. Comparative figures for the twenty years are shown in the following table:—
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The following statement shows the number of cases of syphilis dealt with at the clinics in the London and Home Counties Scheme for the first time from 1931 to 1936:—
Year Cases (all stages) M. F. -
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Table 41.
Year Under 1 year 1-5 years 5-15 years 15 + years Total -
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Table 42.—Beds occupied at end of year.
Year Adults Children Total Year Adults Children Total -
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Table 43.
Year For first period of treatment For further treatment Total Ex- service Civilian adults Children Ex- service Civilian adults Children Male Female Male Female -
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Patients recommended for treatment during 1936 were dealt with as follows:—
Adults Children -
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Table 44.
Classification In institutions on 1st January, 1936 Admitted during the year Discharged during the year Died in institutions In institutions on 31st December, 1936 -
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Table 45.
Hospitals and institutions Ex-service men Civilian adults Children under 16 years Total -
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Table 46.
Diagnosis on discharge from observation For pulmonary tuberculosis For non-pulmonary tuberculosis Total Stay under 4 weeks Stay over 4 weeks Stay under 4 weeks Stay over 4 weeks Male Female Children Male Female Children Male Female Children Male Female Children Male Female Children -
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Table 47.—Immediate results of treatment. Adults.
Classification Quiescent Not quiescent Died in institution Total Years Years Years Years 1934 1935. 1936 1934 1935 1936 1934 1935 1936 1934 1935 1936 -
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Children.
Classification Quiescent Not quiescent Died in institution Total Years Years Years Years 1934 1935 1936 1934 1935 1936 1934 1935 1936 1934 1935 1936 -
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Table 48.
1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 -
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Table 49.
Classification Total Percentage alive five years after discharge Percentage dead -
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Table 50.
Classification Total Percentage alive five years after discharge Percentage dead -
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Table 51.
Location of disease Total Percentage alive five years after discharge Percentage dead -
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A preliminary survey showed that 171 T.B. minus children were discharged in 1930 and yielded the following results five years later:—
No. Percentage -
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To summarise, the final figures arrived at after a careful study of the T.B. minus children discharged from treatment in 1930 are as follows:—
No. Percentage -
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Table 52.—Tuberculosis Dispensaries.—Analysis of Returns, January-December, 1936.
On dispensary register. 1-1-36 Transferred during 1936 from other areas and cases returned after discharge Examined for first time during 1936 (a) New cases excluding contacts (b) Contacts (printed in italics) Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1936 Removed from dispensary register during 1936. On dispensary register 31-12-36 Total attendances Visits to home for dispensary purposes by No, of specimens of sputum examined No. of X-ray ex-amina-tiors Number of T.B. +cases on dispensary register Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Diagnosis not confirmed Non-tuberculous Total (a) Recovered, (b) Non tuberculous (printed in italics) (a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics) Definitely tuberculous Diag-nosis not completed Tuberculosis officers Nurses or health visitors Metropolitan borough Definitely tuberculous Diag-nosis not confirmed Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children -
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Table 53.
Metropolitan borough Deaths from tuberculosis Ratio of cases on dispensary register to cases on notification register Number per 100 deaths from tuberculosis in the borough Total attendances per case on register Tuberculosis officers' visits per case on register Total consultations with medical practitioners per case on register Nurses' visits per case on register X-ray examinations Actual Per 1,000 inhabitants Definitely tuberculous per-sonson dispens-iry register. T.B.+cases on dispensary register Examinations per 100 new cases and contacts per 100 new cases New cases Contacts Adults Children -
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Table 54.
Sex Source of notification Feebleminded Imbecile Idiot Morally defective Not defective Total Children Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children Adults -
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Blind Persons Act, 1920 The following table contains particulars for 1936 of applicants for registration Blind or training under the provisions of the Blind Persons Act, 1920:- persons. Table 55.
Description Registration of the blind Training of the blind Total M. F. M. F. -
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Institutional confinements
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Domiciliary confinements
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These 956 midwives fall into the following categories:—
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The following is a summary of returns which have been made voluntarily by the 242 midwives in private practice in London as to the number of cases attended by them during 1936 :—
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An analysis of the causes of suspension follows:— Table 5(5.
Cause of suspension. No. of cases. Under one week. One week and under two. Over two weeks. Compensation. -
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The following information concerning midwifery work undertaken in registered nursing homes was obtained:—
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Table 57.
*Number of associations Description of service Total of beds Grant paid by the Council -
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Examination of staff During the year 12,751 examinations, including 178 home visits, were made of members of the staff. These may be classified as follows:—
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One hundred and forty-two applicants for appointment to the permanent service failed to pass the medical examination for the following reasons:—
Males Females Total -
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As a result of the examinations of the staff, 347 officers were deemed to be permanently unfit to carry out their ordinary duties in the service of the Council on the following grounds :—
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The total number of samples examined in 1936 amounted to 23,973. following table shows their classification:— The Examination of samples.
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The following table shows the results of the analyses of paints, colours and stains:—
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The following table shows the classification and the results of the analyses of oils:—
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory -
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Samples of feeding stuffs.
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Samples of Jertilisers.
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Table 58. County of London-Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils during the year 1936.
Sanitary authority Cowsheds Slaughterhouses Offensive trades Smoke nuisances Common lodging houses Cleansing of persons and rooms Water supply Milk-shops Ice cream premises Restaurants and eating houses No. licensed No. of inspections No. licensed No. of inspections No. authorised No. of inspections Observations Intimations Complaints Notices Houses licensed No. of inspections Persons Rooms or premises Tenement houses extra supply No. on register No. of inspections No. on register No. of inspections No. of places No. of inspections Adults Children After infectious diseases For vermin -
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Table 59.
Borough No. of houses in borough Public Health Act Housing Acts 1925-1935 No. of houses inspected Housing Act 1930 Housing Act 1935 † Overcrowding No. if houses for working classes erected during the year Underground rooms Houses let in lodgings No. of houses inspectedon account of complaints or illness No. of statutory notices served No. of bouses repaired Section 1 Sections 17 & 18 Number of houses demolished Closing Orders No. in borough No. of inspections No. of prosecutions No. of complaints remedied No. of houses represented No. of houses demolished No. of houses investigated. No. of families overcrowded No. of families alternative accom. obtained No. occupied but unfit No. cloeed or modified occupation approved No. of houses repaired No. made N o. determined By owners By L.A. Section 19 Voluntarily -
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Table 60—Sanitary Inspectors, 1936.
Sanitary authority Population (Census) 1931 Male Female Health visitors Whole time Part time Whole time Part time Whole time Part time -
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Departments Children on roll Roller towels Hand towels -
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Table 1.—Assessment of nutrition, 1936
Group Numbers examined Nutrition 1 2 3 4 -
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Corresponding figures for the previous year are shown in the following tab Table 2.—Assessment of nutrition, 1935
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Table 3.—Clothing and footgear—Percentages
Age group 1935 1936 Good Fair Bad Good Fair Bad -
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Table 4
Age group Sound Serious decay Sound Serious decay Sound Serious decay Sound. Serious decay Sound Serious decay -
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Table 5
Age group Visual acuity (percentages) 1935 and 1936 Normal Slight defect More serious defect 1935 1936 1936 1936 1935 1936 -
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Table 6
Sex Number Nutritional classification 1 2 3 4 -
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Table 7.—Routine audiometer tests
School Total number tested Total number of children failed Number failed in Percentage of failures (either ear) One ear Both ears -
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Table 8
Total ears Number of ears showing level of correct recording in decibels —3 to 6 9 12 to 18 21 and upwards -
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The subjoined table shows the percentages of passes and failures of 41,792 children at various ages :— Table 9
Age Pass Fail Number Percentage Number Percentage -
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The clinical examination of the failed children conducted by the assistant otologists revealed the following defects, which were partly or wholly responsible for their loss of hearing :—
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Table 10
Division Centres and sub-centres Date of opening Physician in charge Day and time of session -
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Table 11 First Re-inspections, 1936 (Percentages are given in italic type.)
Defect treated No. of defects Treated Untreated By private doctor or dentist Under Council's scheme At other hospitals Discharg'd Improved. For observation only Still needing treatment Discharg'd Not discharg'd Discharg'd Not discharg'd Discharg'd Not discharg'd -
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Particulars of the numbers treated are set out below:—
Ailment 1935 1936 -
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The subjoined table shows the number of children inspected and the number found to require treatment:— Table 12
Year Number of children inspected Number found to require treatment Percentage -
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Table 13.—Ear, nose and throat, excluding pure defect of hearing
Classification Patients Ears -
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Table 14.—Deaf cases. Organisers' returns from special ear, nose and throat clinics
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Table 15.—Special ear clinics—totals for all clinics
Cause of suppuration Total ears Cured Referred for mastoid operation Lapsed Still under treatment -
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Table 16
Year No. of spectacles ordered No. of spectacles obtained Percentage -
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Table 17
Particulars 1934 1935 1936 -
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Table 18.—Admissions to special hospitals and convalescent homes during 1936
Hospital or home Boys Girls Grand total Rheumatism and/or chorea with no apparent cardiac involvement Rheumatism and/or chorea with cardiac disease Total Rheumatism and/or chorea with no apparent cardiac involvement Rheumatism and/or chorea with cardiac disease Total -
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The condition of children on discharge as regards fitness for education, or, if over school age, fitness for work, is set out below:—
Boys Girls Total -
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Table 19.—Census of chronic invalids, November, 1936, and the four preceding years
Ailment Cases Percentage of total 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 -
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Table 20
Year Diphtheria Scarlet fever Measles and German measles Whooping-cough Chicken -pox Mumps Ophthaimia -
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Special investigations into the occurrence of the infectious diseases specified in the following table were carried out by the school medical staff during the year:— Table 21
Division Diphtheria Scarlet fever Number of visits Number of depts. visited Number of children examined Number of visits Number of depts. visited Number of children examined -
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The following table shows the number of cases of ringworm of the scalp among the children in the Council's schools reported during 1936 compared with preceding years:— Table 22
Year New cases Cured cases Cases outstanding at the end of the year Percentage of cures effected by X-ray treatment -
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The percentage proportion in each year of age of Schick negative and positive cases tabulated according to sex was found to be as follows:- Table 23
Age Total tested Percentage Male Female Schick negative Schick positive Male Female Male Female -
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The following is a summary of the progress of the work during 1936 :— Table 24
Classification Residential schools and children's homes Residential special schools Approved schools -
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The following is an analysis of the 15 clinical cases:—
Classification Hospital diagnosis -
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tion against the disease was commenced at that school in December, 1936. The results obtained at Mayford and Shirley during the year, and at Ongar during the final 3 weeks of the year, are shown below:—
Mayford Shirley Ongar* -
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The nine day open-air schools for non-tuberculous children maintained by the Council have continued their excellent work. The following table gives the roll of these schools in December. 1936:—
Boys Girls Total -
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Table 25
School Period Place visited No. of children From To -
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In detail the numbers were:—
Provided schools:— Boys Girls -
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The distribution of the children in these categories is as follows :—
No. Percentage -
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The age and sex of 490 of them have been noted, and can be related to their posture in tabular form:— Table 26
Age group Total Number in class Percentage in class 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 and 4 -
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Table 27
Type of school Number of children receiving dinners Free Full payment Part payment Paid for by P.A.C. Total -
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Table 28
Type of school Number of children receiving milk (doctor's cases) excluding voluntary clubs under the milk marketing scheme Free Full payment Part payment Total -
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Table 29
Type of school Number of children receiving oil and malt (doctor's cases) Free Full payment Part payment Total -
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Table 30
Defect Number nominated Suitable for admission to Returned to elementary school Invalided as for the time unfit for any school Notified under M.D. Acts -
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The following statement gives an analysis of the 222 cases examined for admission to special schools for the physically defective, as a result of which the children were either returned to elementary schools or were invalided as for the time unfit for any school:— Table 32
Morbid conditions Elementary school Invalided -
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As a result of the rota examinations the following re-classifications took place:— Table 33
Transferred from schools for Re-classified for transfer to— P.D. school M.D. school Partially sighted school Blind school Deaf school Partially deaf school Open- air school Epilep tic colony Swanley eye hospital -
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The details are as follow:— Table 34
Action taken Special school classification P.D. M.D. Blind Partially sighted Deaf Partially deaf Total -
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The following table classifies the children who improved to such an extent that they were able to return from the schools for physically defective children to the ordinary elementary schools, or were "no longer certifiable " as defective between the ages of 14 and 16 years:— Table 35
Morbid conditions Cases deemed no longer certifiable Cases deemed fit to return to elementary schools -
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Acquired cases.—Hearing detect due to:-
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The following table shows the number of cases notified by the education authority under section 2 (2) of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, as amended by the Mental Deficiency Act, 1927, during the year 1936 (the figures in brackets being those for the previous year):—
(a) Feeble-minded— Boys Girls -
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The chief officer of the mental hospitals department has furnished the following return for the year 1936 on after-care of children formerly attending special schools for the mentally defective, but whose names were not notified to the Mental Hospitals Committee as being cases in which the Education Committee were of opinion that further aid in the form of supervision, guardianship or institutional care under the Mental Deficiency Acts was necessary:— Table 36
Classification Male Female Total Grand total under headings -
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The total number of admissions during the year was 2,608, of whom 2,132 were boys and 476 were girls. The numbers admitted each year since 1930 have been:—
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 -
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The courts dealing with these children and young persons, and the number dealt with at each court are as follows:—
Name of court Number dealt with Name of court Number dealt with 1936 1935 1936 1935 -
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The reasons for admission are shown in the subjoined table.
Offences 1936 Offences 1936 -
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During the year, 1,414 cases of illness and accident were dealt with. The following table shows their general nature:—
Condition Number of cases Condition Number of cases -
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The following statement gives details of these cases:—
Source of reference Reasons for reference -
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Results obtained
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The nursery schools maintained and aided by the Council at the end of the year, 1936, were:—
Accommodation -
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The following is a statistical summary of medical examinations and treatment at the 18 nursery schools:—
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Table 37
†Defects For observation Referred for treatment *Treated Percentage treated of those referred -
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Diet, stone children's homes was studied in the biochemical department of King's College hospital, and the following averages were calculated:—
Boys of 14 Girls of 13 -
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Table 38
Hospital school Classification Nominal accommodation -
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The following table shows the distribution of the children in terms of their intelligence quotients, the average educational level and the incidence of unstable children. The high incidence of instability among the more intelligent children is noticeable. Table 39.—Summary of the 159 children
Intelligence quotient Sex Mental age Reading age Calculation age Number of children Number of unstables -
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The following table indicates the numbers submitted for each grade and the results of the examinations:— Table 40
Status Number examined Number fit Number rejected Number who withdrew after being referred for remediable defects or were not due for reexamination until 1937 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female -
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STATISTICAL TABLES Table I.—Medical Inspection, 1936 (a) Routine Inspections
Group Boys Girls Total -
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(c) Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease)
Age group Inspected Found to require treatment Percentage requiring treatment -
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Table II (a) (1) Defects found at medical inspections of all children except those aged 8 years. 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 -
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Table II (cont.) (a) (2). Defects found at medical inspections of children aged 8 years at elementary schools
Disease or defect Routine inspections— Requiring treatment Requiring observation -
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Table II (cont.) (b) Classification of the nutrition of children inspected during the year in the routine age groups
Age Group Number of children inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad.) No. Percentage No. Percentage No. Percentage No. Percentage -
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Table III (a) Exceptional children in London in 1936
Classification At certified special schools At public elementary schools At other institutions* At no school or institution Total Per 1,000 on Roll -
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(6) Return of children suffering from more than one defect, 1936
Defect. Type of School At other institutions (Gen. hosp., etc.) At no schl. Total Day M.D. Residential P.D. Residential blind Day deaf Residential deaf Epileptic colony Day P.D. Certified hospital schls. -
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Table IV Treatment table (a) Group I.—Minor ailments, excluding uncleanliness, for which see group V
Disease or defect Defects treated or under treatment Under Council's scheme Otherwise Total -
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(b) Group II.—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments, for which see group I).
Disease or defect Defects dealt with Under Council's scheme Otherwise Total -
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(c) Group III.—Treatment of defects of the throat and nose. Number of defects
Defect Received operative treatment Total Received other forms of treatment Total number treated Under Council's scheme Private practitioner or hospital -
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(d) Group IV.—Dental defects
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Table V Medical inspection.—Number of children examined, 1926-1936
Year Routine examinations Special examinations Re-inspections Examinations at special enquiries into outbreaks of infectious disease Special ear inspection centre attendances Rheumatism supervisory centre attendances -
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Table VI Medical treatment.—Number of cases treated under the Council's scheme and by other agencies, 1926-1936
Year Minor ailmentaf Vision Nose and throat Dental Under the Council's scheme Otherwise Under the Council's scheme Otherwise Under the Council's scheme Otherwise Under the Council's scheme Other wise* -
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Table VII Medical inspection of students in higher education institutions, 1936
Classification Council secondary schools Other secondary schools Council and other junior tech. schools Training colleges Total Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Male Female Male Female