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 II (a) (1) Defects found at medical inspections of all children in 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 | 1,719 | 11 | 829 | 7 | 406 | 1 |
Skin—Ringworm, head | 2 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 |
„ „ body | 26 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 |
Scabies | 220 | 2 | — | — | 3,553 | 18 |
Impetigo | 109 | — | 3 | — | 770 | 14 |
Other disease (non-tubercular) | 723 | 5 | 71 | — | 728 | 68 |
Eye— Blepharitis | 560 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 233 | 20 |
Conjunctivitis | 136 | — | 7 | — | 134 | 4 |
Keratitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 10 |
Corneal opacities | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | 13 | 1 |
Defective vision, excluding squint | 11,626 | 77 | 5,373 | 70 | 2,908 | 494 |
Squint | 881 | 1 | 306 | 1 | 374 | 32 |
Other conditions | 132 | — | 34 | — | 202 | 33 |
Ear— Defective hearing | 144 | 6 | 102 | — | 151 | 40 |
Otitis media | 656 | 3 | 190 | — | 430 | 107 |
Other ear disease or defect | 327 | 4 | 69 | — | 253 | 53 |
Nose and throat— Chronic tonsillitis | 5,188 | 3 | 5,078 | 5 | 1,345 | 323 |
Adenoids | 485 | 2 | 193 | — | 184 | 22 |
Chronic tonsillitis and adenoids | 2,081 | 2 | 590 | — | 641 | 45 |
Other conditions | 553 | 6 | 174 | 2 | 432 | 65 |
Enlarged cervical glands | 235 | — | 764 | 3 | 145 | 130 |
Defective speech | 94 | — | 138 | 2 | 95 | 48 |
Teeth—Dental disease or defect | 50,766 | 206 | 952 | 1 | 4,517 | 95 |
Heart and circulation, heart disease— Organic | 24 | — | 51 | 1 | — | — |
Functional | 23 | — | 116 | — | 7 | 11 |
Not stated | 207 | 1 | 1,393 | 13 | 204 | 537 |
Anaemia | 348 | — | 222 | 1 | 258 | 109 |
Lungs—Bronchitis | 763 | 4 | 560 | — | 152 | 56 |
Other non-tubercular | 203 | 2 | 339 | 1 | 174 | 117 |
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary definite | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
„ suspectcd | 9 | — | 45 | — | 10 | 41 |
Glands | 2 | — | 6 | — | 3 | 1 |
Spine | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Hip | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Bones and joints | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other forms | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
Nervous—Epilepsy | 27 | — | 15 | _ | 43 | 15 |
Chorea | 40 | — | 35 | — | 129 | 55 |
Other conditions | 142 | — | 148 | 1 | 116 | 54 |
Deformities— Rickets | 56 | — | 26 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
Spinal curvature | 389 | 7 | 134 | 1 | 46 | 38 |
Other | 645 | 6 | 328 | 1 | 202 | 57 |
Other conditions | 2 158 | 13 | 789 | 5 | 2 864 | 1006 |
Total | 81,713 | 370 | 19,138 | 117 | 21,782 | 3,733 |