[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 128

London County Council 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Table (ii)—Comparison of 1928, 1951 and 1957 Surveys of pupils in schools for P.H. in London

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Table (ii)—Comparison of 1928, 1951 and 1957 Surveys of pupils in schools for P.H. in London

Condition	Numbers recorded			Percentage distributions			Rates per 1,000 of total school rolls
Condition	1928	1951	1957	1928	1951	1957	1928	1951	1957
T.B. of bones and joints	726	161	73	17.9	9.7	5.5	1.14	0.40	0.16
Post poliomyelitis	771	214	240	19.0	12.9	18.1	1.21	0.53	0.54
Post rickets	78	1	1	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.12	0.00	0.00
Cerebral paralyses (including athetosis)	314	294	342	7.7	17.8	25.8	0.49	0.72	0.77
Rheumatism and chorea	166	1	—	4.1	0.1	-	0.26	0.00	-
Rheumatic heart disease	1,088	244	72	26.9	14.8	5.4	1.70	0.60	0.16
Bronchiectasis, etc.	33	5	3	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.05	0.01	0.01
Diseases of kidney	6	9	11	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.01	0.02	0.02
Arthritis	61	26	19	1.5	1.6	1.4	0.10	0.06	0.04
Osteomyelitis	79	33	14	1.9	2.0	1.1	0.12	0.08	0.03
Progressive muscular dystrophy	22	37	22	0.5	2.2	1.7	0.03	0.09	0.05
Congenital heart disease	251	241	146	6.2	14.5	11.0	0.39	0.59	0.33
Brittle bones	7	10	10	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.01	0.02	0.02
Other congenital defects	223	193	180	5.5	11.6	13.6	0.35	0.48	0.41
Accidents	115	30	26	2.8	1.8	2.0	0.18	0.07	0.06
Other conditions	121	158	166	3.0	9.5	12.5	0.19	0.39	0.37
TOTAL	4,061	1,657	1,325	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.36	4.08	3.00
Total school rolls	639,000	406,000	443,000