Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table VI
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* | |
1926 | 92,683 | 1,961 | 37,985 | 1,687 | 15,168 | 1,615 | 113,932 | 4,321 |
1927 | 103,019 | 1,796 | 40,293 | 1,593 | 18,176 | 1,797 | 124,992 | 4,689 |
1928 | 101,254 | 1,772 | 40,984 | 1,837 | 20,162 | 2,336 | 129,255 | 4,758 |
1929 | 101,666 | 1,615 | 41,620 | 1,905 | 19,903 | 2,282 | 129,952 | 4,473 |
1930 | 105,118 | 1,435 | 43,579 | 1,961 | 19,760 | 1,904 | 138,280 | 5,849 |
1931 | 106,072 | 1,492 | 44,686 | 2,082 | 20,703 | 1,935 | 139,723 | 5,282 |
1932 | 105,624 | 2,726 | 44,172 | 1,811 | 17,364 | 1,793 | 134,769 | 5,195 |
1933 | 116,089 | 1,322 | 40,434 | 1,827 | 14,145 | 1,312 | 133,835 | 4,806 |
1934 | ‡120,549 | 880 | 40,284 | 1,653 | 12,622 | 1,116 | 138,140 | 4,805 |
1935 | §123,695 | 882 | 39,450 | 1,217 | 12,766 | 1,094 | 144,383 | 5,149 |
1936 | ||122,305 | 801 | 39,570 | 1,006 | 13,190 | 966 | 144,416 | 5,862 |
* It is not possible to give complete figures, but those given are the result of following up of medical
inspections. Other children receive dental treatment outside the Council's scheme as a result of dental
inspection.
† Includes skin and head ringworm cases. ‡Includes 13,087 "nurses' cases."
§ Includes 14,537 "nurses' cases." || Includes 16,548 "nurses' cases."
Table VII
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 | |
Number of institutions | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 47 |
I. Routine detailed examination at— | ||||||||||
(1) age 12 | 1,242 | 909 | 1,045 | 597 | 126 | 8 | — | — | 2,413 | 1,514 |
(2) age 15 | 852 | 1,012 | 1,061 | 482 | 975 | 918 | — | — | 2,888 | 2,412 |
II. Examination (not necessarily detailed) at other ages (i.e., specials) | 1,053 | 1,377 | 1,189 | 752 | 708 | 593 | 64 | 929 | 3,014 | 3,651 |
III. Reviewals | 216 | 1,658 | 812 | 558 | 123 | 158 | — | 4 | 1,151 | 2,378 |
IV. Re-inspections | 506 | 1,296 | 318 | 481 | 349 | 466 | — | 15 | 1,173 | 2,258 |