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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0-6 | 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 1926 | 1927 to 1930 | 1931 to 1934 | 1935 to 1938 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 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 |
Metropolitan borough | Age] | Occupation | Probable source of infection | Outcome |
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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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1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Sex | Under 5 years | 5-16 years | 15-25 years | 25-35 years | 35-45 years | 45-55 years | 55-65 years | Over 65 years | Total |
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Area. | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1034 | 1035 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Area | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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1- | 5- | 9- | 13- | 17- | 21- | 25- | 29- | 33- | 37- | 41- | 45- | 49-52 |
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Area- | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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1- | 5- | 9- | 13- | 17- | 21- | 25- | 29- | 33- | 37- | 41- | 45- | 49-52 |
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Area | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Childbirth deaths* per 1,000 live-births | Number of deaths in ohildbirth 1938 | |||||||
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1921-30 | 1931-38 | ||||||||
Puerperal fever | Other causes | Total | Puerperal fever | Other causes | Total | Puerperal fever | Other causes | Total |
1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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1- | 5- | 9- | 13- | 17- | 21- | 25- | 29- | 33- | 37- | 41- | 45- | 49-62 |
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Period | Pulmonary tuberculosis death-rates | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis death-ratee | ||||
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Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total |
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | Total notifications | |||||||||||
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- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 65- | 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- | 16- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65+ | Total |
Source of information | Number of cases | ||
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Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary |
1937 | 1938 |
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Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |||||||
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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. |
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Estimated resident population 1938 | Live births | Deaths | Infantmortality(per 1,000 live births) | Measles | Scartlet fever | Diphtheria | Whooping cough | Typhoid fever | Diarrhœa and enteritis, age 0-2(per 1,000 live births) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Peneumonia | Other resp. dis. | Cancer | Maternal mortality(per 1,000 live births |
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Notification of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||
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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1938 | 1937 |
Causes of death | Sex | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45- | 55— | 65— | 75— | All Ages | |
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1938 | 1937 |
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. of ch. birth | ||
Pulmonary | Non -pulmonary |
Period | Annual rates per 1,000 living | |||||||||||||||||
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Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fevers | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum (per 1,000 live births) | Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | Polio. encephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever (per 1,000 live births) | Puerperal pyrexia (per 1,000 live births) | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
Year (52 or 53 weeks) | Anthrax | Cerebro-spinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fevers | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | Polioencephalitis | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever | Puerperal pyrexia | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
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Metropolitan boroughs (in topographical order) | Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | *Measles | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Acute primary and influenzal Pneumonia | Polio- encephalitis | Polio-myelitis | Puerperal fever | Puerperal pyrexia | Scarlet fever | Whooping-cough |
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Grade | Number of samples | Number tuberculous | Percentage tuberculous |
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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. |
Year | New cases | Total attendances (venereal and non-venereal) | In-patients days | ||
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Venereal | Non-venereal | Total |
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 persons on dispensary register | T.B. + cases on dispensary register | Examinations | per 100 new cases and contacts | per 100 new cases | ||||||||
New cases | Contacts | |||||||||||||
Adults | Children |
Year | For first period of 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, 1938 | Admitted during the year | Discharged during the year | Died in institutions | In institutions on 31st December 1938 |
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Hospitals and institutions | Ex-service men | Civilian adults | Children under 16 years | Total |
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1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Classification | Number discharged | Number lost sight of | Total followed up | Living at end of 5 years | |
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Number | Percentage |
Classification | Number discharged | Number lost sight of | Total Number living at followed up end of 5 years |
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Organisation | cases | nursing cases | Total |
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1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Number of associations at end of year | Description of service | Total of beds | Grant paid by the Council |
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Examinations of:— | 1938 | 1937 |
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Classification | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |||||
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No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 |
Nature of case | No. of cases | No. of visits | Average no. of visits per case |
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Hospital | Fixed accommodation at 1.4.1938 | Admissions during the year | Confinements during the year | Discharges during the year | Deaths during the year | Average percentage of occupation of fixed accommodation | Average duration of stay in days | Operations performed during the year | Xdepartments | Massage or physio-therapeutic departments | Out-patients | Hospital | ||||||||||
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Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Ante-natal clinics | Out-patients (excluding ante-natal clinic cases) | |||||||||||||||||||
Inpatients | Outpatients | No. of films | No. of patients | No. of treatments | Inpatients | Outpatients | No. of treatments | |||||||||||||||
No. of expectant mothers seen | No. of attendances | No. of persons seen | No. of these who had previously received in-patient treatment | No. of attendances |
Hospital | Accommodation for sick at 1.4.1938 | Admissions during the year | Discharges during the year | Deaths during the year | Average percentage occupation of fixed accommodation |
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Classification | Public Health | Public Assistance | Total | Corresponding totals for the year 1937 | |||||
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Fulham hospital I | St. Alfege's hospital I and II | St. Clement's hospital | St. Francis' hospital | St. John's hospital | St. Pancras' hospital II | Fulham Road |
Unit | Remaining on 31st December 1937 | Admissions | Live Births | Discharges | Deaths | Remaining on 31st December, 1938 |
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1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936§ | 1937 § | 1938§ |
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Cerebrospinal fever | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal fever and pyrexia | Enteritis | Dysentery |
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Group laboratory | 1937 | 1938 |
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Grade | Permanent | Temporary | Total |
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Superintendents | Senior ambulance clerks (men) | Ambulance clerks (men) | Operative staff | Total | ||||
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Grade | Drivers | Attendants | Drivers temporary | Washers & helpers. Not graded |
Old scale | Pro-posed new scale |
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Year | Roll | Attendance |
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Age group | 1937 | 1938 | ||||
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Good | Fair | Bad | Good | Fair | Bad |
Age group | 1927 | 1932 | 1937 | 1938 | ||||
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Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay |
Year | Boys | Girls | ||||
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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 | ||||
1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 |
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 Bad 3 4 |
Group | Nutrition | |||||
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Excellent 1 | Normal 2 | Sub-normal (and bad) 3 | ||||
Classification. | Total | Income per head below 10s. a week. | Income per head 10a. to 16s. a week. | Income per head over 15s. a week. | Income per head less than 6s. a week |
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Year. | No. of children. | Hb. 85 per cent, and below. | Hb. below 80 per cent. |
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Defect treated | No. of defects | Treated | Untreated | |||||||
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By private doctor or dentist | Under Council's scheme | At other hospitals | Dis-charg'd | Improved. For observation only | Still needing treatment | |||||
Dis-charg'd | Not dis- charg'd | Dis- charg'd | Not dis- charg'd | Dis-charg'd | Not dis- charg'd |
Ailment | 1937 | 1938 |
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Classification | Patients | Ears treated |
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Cause of suppuration | Total ears | Cured | Referred for mastoid operation | Lapsed | Still under treatment |
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Particulars | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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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 only | Permanently unfit | Total | |||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Ailment | Cases | Percentage of total | ||||||
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1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet fever | Measles and German measles | Whoopingcough | Chickenpox | Mumps | Ophthalmia |
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Division | Diphtheria | Scarlet fever | ||||
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Number ofvisits | 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 |
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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Number | Average attendance |
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Meal | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Height per cent. increase per child per week | Weight per cent. increase per child per week | ||
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" Health dinner" children | " Control" children | " Health dinner' children | " Control" children |
Height | Weight |
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No. of invitations issued | Average attendance daily | Percentage of average attendance to invitations |
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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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Ocular | Boys | Girls | Blind school | Partially sighted | Swanley | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls |
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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Defect | Number and percentage |
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Year of birth | No. of children | Year of birth | No. of children |
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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 | 1938 |
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Condition | No of cases | Condition | No. of cases |
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1938 | 1937 | 1936 |
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Hospital school | Classification | Nominal accommodation | Number of children | |
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In hospital 31-12-38* | On school roll at end of winter term* |
Division | Number of children examined | Number of children suffering from plantar warts | ||||
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Boys | Girls | Mixed | Boys | Girls | Mixed |
Number examined | Number suffering from plantar warts |
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Boys | Girls | Total |
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Category | Number examined | Number fit | Number rejected | Number who withdrew after being referred for remediable defects or were not due for reexamination until 1939 | ||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
Group | Boye | Girls | Total |
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Age group | Inspected | Found to require treatment | Percentage | ||
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Defective vision | Other conditions in Table II | Total |
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 institutions* | At no school or institution | Total |
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Defect | Type of school | |||||||
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Day M.D. | Resi-dential P.D. | Residential deaf | Epileptic colony | Day P.D. | Certified hospital schls. | At other institutions | 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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Year | Minor ailments† | Vision | Nose and throat | Dental | ||||
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Under the Council's scheme | Otherwise | Under the Council's scheme | Otherwise | Under the Council's scheme | Other. wise | Under the Council's scheme | Otherwise* . |
Classification | Council secondary schools | Other secondary schools | Council and other junior tech. schools | Training colleges | Total | |||||
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Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Male | Female | Male | Female |
Year | Roll | Attendance |
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Age group | 1937 | 1938 | ||||
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Good | Fair | Bad | Good | Fair | Bad |
Age group | 1927 | 1932 | 1937 | 1938 | ||||
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Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay | Sound | Serious decay |
Year | Boys | Girls | ||||
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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 | ||||
1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 |
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 | Normal | Subnormal | Bad | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 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 (and bad) 3 | ||||
1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 |
Classification. | Total | Income per head below 10s. a week. | Income per head 10s. to 158. a week. | Income per | head over 15s. a week. | Income per head less than 5s. a week |
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Year. | No. of children. | Hb. 85 per cent. and below. | Hb. below 80 per cent. |
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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 | Dis-charg'd | Not dis charg'd | Discharg'd | Not discharg'd |
Ailment | 1937 | 1938 |
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Classification | Patients | Ears treated |
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Cause of suppuration | Total ears | Cured | Referred for mastoid operation | Lapsed | Still under treatment |
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Particulars | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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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 only | Permanently unfit | Total | |||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Ailment | Cases | Percentage of total | ||||||
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1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet fever | Measles and German measles | Whoopingcough | 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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Date | Cases reported from schools | Average number on school rolls | Attack rate per 1,000 |
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Year | New cases | Cured cases | Cases outstanding Percentage of cures at the end of effected by X-ray the year treatment |
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Age | Total tested | Percentage | ||||
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Male | Female | Schick negative | Schick positive | |||
Male | Female | Male | Female |
Classification | Hospital 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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Provided schools:— | Boys | Girls |
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Number | Average attendance |
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Meal | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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No. of invitations issued | Average attendance daily | Percentage of average attendance to invitations |
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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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Defect | Number and percentage |
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Year of birth | No. of children | Year of birth | No. of children |
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(a) Feeble-minded— | Boys | Girls |
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Classification | Malo | Female | Total | Grand total under headings |
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1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Condition | No of cases | Condition | No. of cases |
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1938 | 1937 | 1936 |
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1938 | 1937 | 1936 |
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Hospital school | Classification | Nomina) accommodation | Number of children | |
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In hospital 31-12-38* | On school roll at end of winter term* |
Division | Number of children examined | Number of children suffering from plantar warts | ||||
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Boys | Girls | Mixed | Boys | Girls | Mixed |
Number examined | Number suffering from plantar warts |
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Boys | Girls | Total |
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Category | Number examined | Number fit | Number rejected | Number who withdrew after being referred for remediable defects or were not due for reexamination until 1939 | ||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
Group | Boys | Girls | Total |
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Age group | Inspected | Found to require treatment | Percentage | ||
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Defective vision | Other conditions in Table II | Total |
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 |
roup | 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 institutions* | At no school or institution | Total |
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Delect | Type of school | |||||||
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Day M.D. | Residential P.D. | Residential deaf | Epileptic colony | Day P.D. | Certified hospital schls. | At other institutions | 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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Year | Minor ailments† | Vision | Nose and throat | Dental | ||||
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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* |
Classification | Council secondary schools | Other secondary schools | Counoil and other junior tech. schools | Training colleges | Total | |||||
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Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Male | Female | Male | Female |