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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Age group | Males | Females | Total |
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Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Live.births | Still.births | Total | |||
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Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate |
Period | 0. | 1. | 2. | 5. | 10. | 15. | 20. | 25. | 35. | 45. | 55. | 65+ | All ages |
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Year | Age group | ||||||
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0.5 | 5.15 | 15.25 | 25.45 | 45.65 | 65 + | All ages |
Cause of death | 1911 to 1914 | 1915 to 1918 | 1919 to 1922 | 1923 to 19.26 | 1927 to 1930 | 1931 to 1934 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Cause of death. | 1911 to 1914 | 1915 to 1918 | 1919 to 1922 | 1923 to 1926 | 1927 to 1930 | 1931 to 1934 | 1935 to 1037 |
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Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates perl,000 live births | ||||||||||
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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 | Males | Females |
Year | 1.2 years | 2.5 vears | ||||||||
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Death.rate per 1,000 living | Death. rate per cent, of England and Wales | __ Death.rato from all causes | ||||||||
Diphtheria | Measles | Whooping cough | Influenza | Pneumonia | Other causes | All causes | Per 1000 living | Per cent, of England and Wales |
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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1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Sex | Under 5 years | 5.15 years | 15.25 years | 25.35 years | 35.45 years | 45.55 years | 55.65 years | Over Go 1 years | Total |
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Area. | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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Area | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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1. | 5. | 9. | 13. | 17. | 21. | 25. | 29. | 33. | 37. | 41. | 45. | 49.52 |
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Year 1937 | Age.period | Total | |||||||||||
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0. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 15 + |
Area | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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1- | 5- | 9- | 13- | 17- | 21- | 25- | 29- | 33- | 37- | 41- | 46- | 49-52 |
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Year 1937 | Age.period | Total | |||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 15 + |
Area | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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Type of diphtheria | Percentage of total cases | Case-mortality * per cent. | ||
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1936 | 1937 | 1936 | 1937 |
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Childbirth deaths* per 1,000 live.births | Number of deaths in child birth 1937 | |||||||
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1921-30 | 1931-37 | ||||||||
Puerperal fever | Other causes | Total | Puerperal fever | Other causes | Total | Puerperal fever | Other causes | Total |
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Childbirth | Miscarriage | Criminal abortion | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Age at death | Age at death | Age at death | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 – | 20 – | 25 – | 30 – | 35 – | 40 – | 45+ | Total | 15 – | 20 – | 25 – | 30 – | 35 – | 40 – | 45+ | Total | 15 – | 20 – | 25 – | 30 – | 35 – | 40 – | 45+ | Total |
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Childbirth | Miscarriage | Criminal abortion | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Age at death | Age at death | Age at death | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15– | 20– | 26– | 30– | 35. | 40– | 45+ | Total | 15– | 20. | 25– | 30– | 35– | 40– | 45+ | Total | 15– | 1 20– | 25– | 30– | 35– | 40– | 45+ | Total |
Group (metropolitan boroughs) | Cause of death | Age at death | All ages | Deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | ||||
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Under 35 | 35 and over | |||||||
Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. |
Number of previous pregnancies | Ages of women at confinement | All ages | ||||||
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15– | 20– | 25– | 30– | 35– | 40– | 45+ |
r of previous pregnancies | Ages of women on admission to hospital | All ages | ||||||
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15– | 20– | 25– | 30– | 35– | 40– | 45 + |
5- | 9- | 13- | 17- | 21- | 25- | 29- | 33- | 37- | 41- | 45- | 49-52 |
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Period | Pulmonary tuberculosis death rates | Non.pulmonary tuberculosis death rates | ||||
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Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total |
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of formal primary notifications of now cases of tuberculosis | Total notifications | |||||||||||
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0– | 1– | 5– | 10– | 15– | 20– | 25– | 35– | 45–| | 55– | 65 + | Total all ages |
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | New cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification | |||||||||||
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0– | 1– | 5– | 10– | 15– | 20– | 25– | 35– | 45– | 55– | 65 + | Total |
Source of information | Number | of cases | |
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Pulmonary | Non.pulmonary |
Metropolitan boroughs in topographical order | Cases on notification register at beginning of 1937 | 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 1937 | |||
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Notification | Otherwise | Cured, removed, etc. | Deaths | Total | Per 1,000 of population |
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | |||||||
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Pulm. | Non P. | Pulm. | Non P. | Pulm. | Non P. | Pulm. | Non P. | Pulm. | Non P. | Pulm. | Non P. | Pulm. | Non P. |
Age group | Respiratory system | Spine | Hip | Knee | Other limbs, bones and joints | Abdominal | Peripheral glands | Other sites | Total | |
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Lungs | Other |
Age group | Dispensary | Hospital | Private | l.c.o. hospitals and institutions | Total |
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Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Estimated resident population 1937 | Live births | Deaths | Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Measles | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Whooping cough | Typhoid fever | Diarrhoea and enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 live births) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Other recp dis. | Cancer | Maternal mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Notifications of infectious disease (52 weeks) | |||||
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Scarlet fever | Diph theria | Typhoid fever | Erysipelas | Cerebrospinal fever | Acute pneumonia |
Causes of death | Sex | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75- | All ages. | |
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1937 | 1936 |
Period | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 live births | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 | Puerperal , fever | Other acc. ocf ch. birth | ||
Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary |
Period | Anthrax | Cerebro.spinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis Iethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 live births) | Pneumonia | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | jfuerpenii lever (per 1,000 live births) | Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 live births) | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
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Metropolitan boroughs (in topographical order) | Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | Dysentery | Encephalitis Iethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Fneumonia | .Polioencephalitis | Polio-myelitis | Puerporul fever | Puerperal pvroxia | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
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Areas | Houses | "Other buildings" included under the terms of section 40(2) of the Housing Act, 1936, or the equivalent section of the previous Housing Act |
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Metropolitan borough | (a) Number of houses represented to L.C.C. by its medical officers | (b) Houses notified under section 33, Housing Act, 1936 | (c) Number of such houses which the Council decided to place on its own programme |
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Quarter | 1936 | 1937 | ||||
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Completed examinations | Number tuberculous | Percentage | Completed examinations | Number tuberculous | Percentage |
Grade | Number of samples | Number tuberculous | Percentage |
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Quarter | No. of positive samples | Source of infection traced | * Not traced | Investigation still in progress | ||||
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1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | Total |
Department | Approximate stock at 31st December, 1937 | Visits by veterinary surgeon | Samples taken of which examination completed | Samples found to be tuberculous | Cows with tuberculosis | Cows with unhealthy conditions not tuberculous | |||
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Milch cows | Other cows and heifers | Bulls | Other bovines |
London | Middlesex | Essex | Surrey | Kent | Herts. | Bucks. | East Ham | West Ham | Croydon | Total | "Other places " | Grand total |
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Year | New cases | Total venereal cases | ||||||
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Syphilis | Soft chancre | Gonorrhoea | ||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Under 1 year | 1 and under 6 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 years and over | Total |
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Year | New oases | Total attendances (venereal and non-venereal) I | In-patients days | ||
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Venereal | Non-venereal | Total |
Year | From treatment centres | From medical practitioners | Year | From treatment centres | From medical practitioners |
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Year | Adults | Children | Total | Year | Adults | Children | Total |
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Year | For first period ol treatment | For further treatment | Total | ||||||
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Ex-service | Civilian adults | Children | Ex-service | Civilian adults | Children | ||||
Male | Female | Male | Female |
Adults | Children |
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Classification | In institutions on 1st January, 1937 | Admitted during the year | Discharged during the year | Died in institutions | In institutions on 31st December, 1937 |
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Hospitals and institutions | Ex-service men | Civilian adults | Children under 16 years | Total |
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Dagnosis on discharge from observation | For pulmonary tuberculosis | For non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | ||||||||||||
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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 |
Classification | Quiescent | Not quiescent | Died in institution | Total | ||||||||
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Years | Years | Years | Years | |||||||||
1935 | 193g | 1937 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
Classification | Quiescent | Not quiescent | Died in institution | Total | ||||||||
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Years | Y ears | Years | Years | |||||||||
1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
1928 | 1929 | 1330 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Relationship | Previously known case | Age group of new cases | Total | ||||||
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Clinical classification | 0.15 | 16-20 | 21-25 | 26-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | No. | Percentage |
Relationship | Clinical classification | 0-15 | 16-20 | 21-25 | 26-30 | 31-40 | Ovei 40 | No. | Percentage |
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Parent | Pulm. tub. class T.B. +, living | £ | 12 | 2C | 4 | 3 | - | 44 | — |
Pulm. tub class T.B. — , living | 2 | : | — | — | - | 6 | — | ||
Pulm. tub. (condition of sputum unknown), living | 1 | l | — | — | 1 | 3 | |||
Non-pulm. tub., living | 1 | 2 | — | — | - | 3 | 1 — | ||
Pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years 3 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 75 | — | |
Total | 7 | 43 | 58 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 131 | 27-5 | |
Husband | Pulm. tub. class T.B. +, living | — | — | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | — |
Pulm. tub. class T.B. —, living | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
Pulm. tub. (condition of sputum unknown), living | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |
Non-pulm. tub., living | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
Non-pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
Pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | — | |
Total | — | — | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 47 | 9.9 | |
Child | Pulm. tub. class T.B. +, living | _ | — | 1 | — | 3 | 10 | 14 | — |
Pulm. tub. class T.B —, living | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | |
Pulm. tub. (condition of sputum un- | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
Non-pulm. tub., living | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | _ | |
Non-pulm. tub . dead within last 5 years | — | _ | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | |
Pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | — | |
Total | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 9.5 | |
Brother or | Pulm. tub. class T.B. +, living | 2 | 18 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 88 | — |
sister | Pulm. tub. class T.B. —, living | — | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | — |
Pulm. tub. (condition of sputum unknown), living | —_ | _ | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | — | |
Non-pulm. tub., living | — | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | — | 22 | — | |
Non-pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | |
Pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | 2 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 91 | — | |
Tota1 | 4 | 50 | 79 | 65 | 42 | 12 | 252 | 53.1 | |
Total | Pulin. tub. class T.B. +, living | 7 | 30 | 54 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 168 | 35.4 |
relatives | Pulm. tub. class T.B. —, living | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 7.5 |
as above | Pulm. tub. (condition of sputum unknown), living | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 6.3 | |
Non-pulm. tub., living | — | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 7.4 | |
Non-pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 8 | 1.7 | |
Pulm. tub., dead within last 5 years | 3 | 49 | 57 | 37 | 34 | 18 | 198 | 41.7 | |
Total | 11 | 94 | 143 | 96 | 79 | 52 | 475 | 1000 | |
Other contacts | 2 | 38 | 45 | 44 | 66 | 54 | 249 | — | |
No known contact | 22 | 229 | 387 | 301 | 296 | 199 | 1434 | — | |
Total number investigated | 35 | 361 | 575 | 441 | 441 | 305 | 2158 | — | |
Percentage showing important contact | 31.4 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 21.8 | 17.9 | 17.0 | _ | 220 | |
Percentage showing any contact | 37.1 | 36.6 | 32.7 | 31.7 | 32.9 | 34.8 | - | 33.5 |
Relationship | Clinical classification | 0-15 | 16-20 | 21-25 | 26-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | No. | Percentage |
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Classification | 1913 | 1922 | 1925 | 1936 | 1937 | Percent age decrease on 1925 |
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Year | Children | Adults | Total | |||||
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Notifications | Applications | Percentage | Notifications | Applications | Per-centage | Notifications | Applications |
Classification | 1913 | 1922 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Classification | Total | Percentage alive five years after discharge | Percentage dead |
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Classification | Total patients | Percentage alive five years after discharge | Percentage dead |
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Location of disease | Total | Percentage alive five years after discharge | Percentage dead |
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No. | Percentage |
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Metropolitan borough | On dispensary register. 1-1-37 | Transferred during 1937 from other areas and cases returned after discharge | Examined for first time during 1937 (a) New cases excluding contacts (b) Contacts (printed in italics) | Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1937 | Removed from dispensary register during 1937 | On dispensary register 3l-12-37 | 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. † case on dispensary register | |||||||||||||
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Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not confirmed | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Diagnosis not confirmed | Non-tuberculous | Total | (a) lie-covered (b) Non tuberculous (printed in italics) | (a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics) | Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not completed | ||||||||||||||
Tuberculosis officers | Nurses or health visitors | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Child-ren |
Metropolitan borough | on dispensary register, 1-1-37 | Transferred during 1937 from other areas and cases returned after discharge | Examined for first time during 1937 (a) New cases excluding contacts (b) Contacts (printed in italics) | Total number (including contacts) under dispensary supervision during 1037 | Removed from dispensary register during 1937 | On dispensary register 31-12-37 | Total attendances | Visits to home for dispensary purposes bv | No. of specimens of sputum examined | No. of X-ray examinations | N umber of T.B. + cases on dispensary register | |||||||||||||
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Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not confirmed | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Diagnosis 1 not confirmed | Non-tuberculous | Total | (a) He-covered (b) Non-tuberculous (printed in italics) | (a) Transferred to other areas or lost sight of (b) Died (printed in italics) | Definitely tuberculous | Diagnosis not completed | Tuberculosis officers | Nurses or health visitors | ||||||||||||
Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Child-ren | Adults | Children | |||||||||||||||
Hackney | 1,150 | 16 | 67 | 183 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 442 | 115 | 675 | 130 | 2,467 | 44 | 138 | 1,201 | 19 | 5,502 | 289 | 3,454 | 961 | 810 | 550 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 179 | 246 | 183 | 985 | 80 | 1,220 | ||||||||||||||
Hammersmith | 833 | 1 | 74 | 107 | 4 | 12 | 11 | — | — | 182 | 41 | 301 | 56 | 1,612 | 31 | 116 | 824 | _ | 2,503 | 237 | 3,837 | 491 | 303 | 382 |
14 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 157 | 188 | 159 | 555 | 86 | 824 | |||||||||||||||
Hampstead | 218 | 8 | 37 | 54 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 95 | 21 | 152 | 24 | 516 | 14 | 54 | 229 | 3 | 1,687 | 153 | 1,232 | 186 | 371 | 130 |
1 | 2 | 43 | 31 | 44 | 33 | 198 | 18 | 232 | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 238 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 350 | 3 | 30 | 239 | 1 | 921 | 30 | 985 | 121 | 135 | 114 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 66 | 11 | 240 | |||||||||||||||
Islington | 1,366 | 8 | 144 | 222 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 4 | - | 438 | 80 | 693 | 103 | 2,884 | 36 | 243 | 1,395 | 4 | 9,555 | 534 | 6,466 | 906 | 731 | 719 |
31 | 3 | 8 | 280 | 248 | 311 | 259 | 1,053 | 153 | 1,399 | |||||||||||||||
Kensington | 537 | 16 | 75 | 155 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 5 | — | 250 | 78 | 429 | 119 | 1,454 | 38 | 110 | 588 1 | 5 | 3,027 | 78 | 3,355 | 710 | 768 | 306 |
6 | 1 | 146 | 125 | 152 | 126 | 632 | 81 | 593 | ||||||||||||||||
Lambeth | 1,345 | 105 | 51 | 239 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 88 | 12 | 387 | 70 | 743 | 99 | 3,166 | 21 | 207 | 1.418 | 143 | 6,604 | 903 | 4,397 | 1,286 | 1,403 | 665 |
38 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 39 | 407 | 257 | 514 | 309 | 1,157 | 220 | 1,561 | |||||||||||||
Lewisham | 987 | 3 | 105 | 163 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 6 | — | 190 | 55 | 373 | 71 | 1,854 | 48 | 120 | 1,054 | 1 | 3,439 | 307 | 4,758 | 412 | 121 | 611 |
9 | 2 | 123 | 181 | 132 | 183 | 554 | 77 | 1,055 | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 852 | 11 | 38 | 100 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 320 | 299 | 438 | 322 | 1,853 | 35 | 121 | 810 | 7 | 6,734 | 511 | 5,137 | 396 | 443 | 260 |
7 | 2 | 103 | 80 | 110 | 82 | 822 | 58 | 817 | ||||||||||||||||
Poplar | 741 | 29 | 28 | 127 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 291 | 176 | 443 | 190 | 1,711 | 45 | 80 | 700 | 16 | 5,321 | 610 | 7,128 | 616 | 361 | 402 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 169 | 105 | 174 | 106 | 776 | 94 | 716 | |||||||||||||||
St. Maryle-bone | 375 | 10 | 43 | 80 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 114 | 17 | 212 | 25 | 769 | 24 | 109 | 347 | 9 | 2,141 | 298 | 2,818 | 213 | 370 | 182 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 36 | 66 | 38 | 243 | 37 | 356 | |||||||||||||||
St. Pancras | 754 | 42 | 111 | 206 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 11 | — | 201 | 46 | 434 | 76 | 1,724 | 47 | 180 | 779 | 18 | 3,641 | 118 | 4,083 | 564 | 363 | 438 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 174 | 127 | 178 | 129 | 579 | 121 | 797 | |||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 591 | 19 | 41 | 78 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 209 | 122 | 308 | 144 | 1,303 | 33 | 62 | 572 | | 23 | 3,737 | 123 | 2,986 | 803 | 378 | 259 |
5 | 3 | 3 | 105 | 84 | 113 | 87 | 540 | 73 | 595 | |||||||||||||||
South wark | 557 | 56 | 49 | 117 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 58 | 21 | 180 | 14 | 371 | 52 | 1,391 | 52 | 155 | 526 | 108 | 4,782 | 198 | 3,777 | 510 | 1,693 | 303 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 143 | 124 | 170 | 136 | 468 | 82 | 634 | |||||||||||||
Stepney | 1,676 | 22 | 239 | 224 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 209 | 66 | 469 | 95 | 3,201 | 144 | 486 | 1,395 | 19 | 5,685 | 514 | 5,284 | 844 | 796 | 695 |
2 | 254 | 444 | 256 | 444 | 994 | 163 | 1,414 | |||||||||||||||||
Stoke Newington | 213 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 87 | 13 | 122 | 17 | 489 | 21 | 49 | 184 | 5 | 1,132 | 106 | 1,282 | 307 | 69 | 94 |
1 | 39 | 67 | 40 | 67 | 206 | 24 | 189 | |||||||||||||||||
Wandsworth | 1,379 | 19 | 113 | 208 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 346 | 283 | 617 | 311 | 2,875 | 59 | 171 | 1,406 | | 49 | 4,870 | 598 | 5,644 | 1,523 | 258 | 807 |
34 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 202 | 185 | 248 | 188 | 1,035 | 155 | 1,455 | ||||||||||||||
Westminster | 646 | — | 26 | 229 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 1 | — | 56 | 33 | 309 | 48 | 1,143 | — | 176 | 685 | | 1 | 2,141 | 95 | 2,915 | 162 | 123 | 233 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 75 | 34 | 80 | 206 | 75 | 686 | |||||||||||||||
Woolwich | 877 | 8 | 219 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 401 | 178 | 644 | 199 | 2,277 | 97 | 83 | 873 | | 6 | 5,751 | 397 | 4,000 | 506 | 1,050 | 337 | |
16 | 9 | 1 | 290 | 230 | 307 | 242 | 1,119 | 99 | 879 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 21,498 | 538 | 1,625 | 3,665 | 136 | 422 | 263 | 367 | 80 | 6,594 | 2,024 | 11,048 | 3,103 | 46,609 | 1,003 | 3,412 | 21,200 | | 552 | 110702 | 9,121 | 107214 | 16,850 | 16,060 | 10,269 |
267 | 60 | 20 | 121 | 72 | 4,279 | 3,978 | 4,667 | 4,130 | 17,941 | 2,411 | 21,752 |
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 | ||||||
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Actual | Per 1,000 inhabitants | Definitely tuberculous per-sonson dfspens-ary register. | T.B. + cases on dispensary register | Examinations | per 100 new cases and contacts | per 100 new cases | ||||||||
New cases | Contacts | |||||||||||||
Adults | Children |
Sex | Source of notification | Feebleminded | Imbecile | Idiot | Morally defective | Not defective | Total | ||||||
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Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults |
Description | Registration of the blind | Training of the blind | Total | ||
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m. | f. | m. | F. |
Institutional confinements |
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1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Number of associations | Description of service | Total of beds | Grant paid by the Council |
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Examinations of:— | 1937 | 1936 |
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Males | Females | Total |
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Males | Females | Total |
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Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory |
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Sanitary authority | Cowsheds | Slaughterhouses | Offensive trades | Smoke nuisances | Common lodging houses | Cleansing of persons and rooms | Water supply | Milk-shops | ice cream premises | Restaurants am eating houses | |||||||||||||
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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 |
Borough | No. of houses in borough | Public Health Act | No. of houses inspected | Section 25 | Sections 9 & 10 | Housing Acts, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||
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No. of houses in-spectedon account of complaints or illness | No. of statutory notices served | No. of houses repaired | Number of houses demolished | Closing Orders | Overcrowding | No. of houses for working classes erected during the year | Underground rooms | Houses let in lodgings | ||||||||||||||
No. of houses represented | No. of houses demolished | No. of houses repaired | No. of families overcrowded | No. of families alternative accom. obtained | No. occupied but unfit | No. closed or modified occupation approved | No. in borough | No. of inspections | No. of prosecutions | No. of complaints remedied | ||||||||||||
By owners | By L.A. | Section 11 | Voluntarily | No. made | No. deter j mined |
Sanitary authority | Popula tion (Census) 1931 | Male | Female | Health | visitors | ||
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Whole time | Part time | Whole time | Part time | Whole time | Part time |
Age group | 1936 | 1937 |
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Age group | 1924 | 1927 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | |||||
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Sound | Serious decay' | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay |
Boys | Girls | |||||
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Year | Number inspected | Percentage with sound teeth | Percentage with serious decay | Number inspected | Percentage with sound teeth | Percentage with serious decay |
Age group | Visual acuity (percentages) | ||||||
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Normal | Slight defect | More serious defect | |||||
1936 | 1937 | 1936 | 1937 | 1936 | 1937 |
Sex | Number | Nutritional classification | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
School | Total number tested | Total number of children failed | Number failed in | Percentage of failures (either ear) | |
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One ear | Both ears |
Year | Total ears | Number of ears showing level of recording in decibels | |||
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—3 to 6 | 9 | 12 to 18 | 21 to 30 |
Group | Numbers examined | Nutrition | |||
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Excellent 1 | Normal 2 | Subnormal 3 | Bad 4 |
Group | Numbers examined | Nutrition | |||
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Excellent 1 | Normal 2 | Subnormal 3 | Bad 4 |
Group | Nutrition | |||||
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Excellent 1 | Normal 2 | Sub.normal 3 |
Below 70 | 71.80 | 81.90 | 91.100 | 101.110 | 111.120 |
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Classification | Number of families | Amount available for food per " man " | ||
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7s. and upwards | 5s. 10½d. to 7s. | Less than 5s. 10½d. |
Age group | Hoxton | Starcross. street | * Osgood & Baker | † Davidson & Fullerton |
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Description | Age | Number examined | Percentage found | ||
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Normal | Slightly below. normal | Definitely subnormal |
Group | Interval after which re.examined | Dosage of vitamin A administered | Cases examined | Number and percentage | ||
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Became normal | Improved | No improvement |
Defect treated | No. of defects | Treated | Untreated | |||||||
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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 dis. oharg'd |
Year | No. of hospitals | No. of centres | No. treated |
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Ailment | 1936 | 1937 |
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Year | Number of children inspected | Number found to require treatment | Percentage |
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Classification | Patients | Ears |
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Classification | Patients | Ears |
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Cause of suppuration | Total ears | Cured | Referred for mastoid operation | Lapsed | Still under treatment |
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Particulars | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Sex | Rheumatism and/or chorea with cardiac involvement | Rheumatism and/or chorea with no cardiac involvement | Total | ||
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Number | | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Sex | Fit for elementary-school or any employment | Fit for P.D. school or light work | Permanently unfit | Total | |||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Ailment | Cases | Percentage of total | ||||||
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1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet fever | Measles and German measles | Whooping-cough | Chickenpox | Mumps | Ophthalmia |
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Division | Diphtheria | Scarlet fever | ||||
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Number of visits | Number of depts. visited | Number of children examined | Number of visits | Number of depts. visited | Number of children examined |
Cyril Henry treatment centre | Hanover Park treatment centre |
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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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Age | Total tested | Percentage | ||||
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Male | Female | Schick negative | Schick positive | |||
Male | Female | Male | Female |
Classification | Residential schools and children's homes | Residential special schools | Approved schools |
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Classification | Diagnosis |
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Age | Total tested | Percentage | ||||
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Male | Female | Dick negative | Dick positive | |||
Male | Female | Male | Female |
Boys | Girls | Total |
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School | Period | Place visited | No. of children | |
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From | To |
Provided schools:— | Boys | Girls |
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Non-provided schools:— | Boys | Girls |
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Institution | No. of children discharged from convalescence |
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Meal | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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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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Morbid conditions | Boys | Girls | Total |
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Morbid conditions | Elementary school | Invalided |
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Transferred from schools for | Re-classified for transfer to— | ||||||||
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P.D. school | M.D. school | Partially sighted school | Blind school | Deaf school | Partially deaf school | Open- air school | Epileptic colony | Swanley eye hospital |
Action taken | Special school classification | ||||||
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P.D. | M.D. | Blind | Partially sighted | Deaf | Partially deaf | Total |
Morbid conditions | Cases deemed no longer certifiable | Cases deemed fit to return to elementary schools |
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(a) Feeble-minded— | Boys | Girls |
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Classification | Male | Female | Total | Grand total under headings |
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1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Condition | Number of cases | Condition | Number of cases |
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Condition | Number of cases | Condition | Number of cases |
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Classification | Under 5 years | 5—6 years | 6—7 years | 7—8 years | 8—9 years | 9—10 years | 10—11 years | 11—12 years | 12—13 years | 13—14 years | 14—15 years | 15—16 years | Over 16 years | Total | ||||||||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Classification | 4—5 years | 5—6 years | 6—7 years | 7—8 years | 8—9 years | 9—10 years | 10—11 years | 11—12 years | 12—13 years | 13—14 years | 14—15 years | 15—16 years | Over 16 years | Total | ||||||||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
† Defects | For observation | Referred for treatment | Treated | Percentage treated of those referred |
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Disease | Nursery class | Nursery school |
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Hospital School | Classification | Nominal accommodation | Num ber of children | |
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In hospital 31-12-37* | On school roll at eni of winter term* |
Category | Number examined | Number fit | Number rejected | Number who withdrew after being referred for remediable defects or were not due for reexamination until 1938 | ||||
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Male | Fomale | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
Group | Boys | Girls | Total |
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Disease or defect | Routine inspections-Defects | Special inspections— Defects | ||||
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Requiring treatment | Requiring observation. | Requiring treatment | Requiring observation | |||
Elementary schools | Special schools | Elementary schools | Special schools |
Age group | Number of children inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly subnormal) | D (Bad.) | ||||
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No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage |
Classification | At certified special schools | At public elementary schools | At other institutions1 | At no school or institution | Total |
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Defect | Type of School | |||||||
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Day M.D. | Residential P.D. | Day deal | Residential deaf | Epileptic colony | Day P.D. | Certified hospital schls. | Total |
Disease or defect | Defects treated or under treatment | ||
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Under Council's scheme | Otherwise | Total |
Disease or defect | Defects dealt with | ||
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Under Council's scheme | Otherwise | Total |
Defect | Received operative treatment | Total | Received other forms of treatment | Total number treated | |
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Under Council's scheme | Private practitioner or hospital |
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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Minor ailmenta† | Vision | Nose and throat | Dental |
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Classification | Council secondary schools | Other secondary schools | Council and other junior tech. schools | Training colleges | Total |
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