[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table: The principal defects noted, and referred for treatment or observation, expressed as percentages, with comparable figures for previous years, were as follows:
The principal defects noted, and referred for treatment or observation, expressed as percentages, with comparable figures for previous years, were as follows:
1956 %
1957 %
1958 %
Skin diseases
1.10
1.16
1.19
External eye diseases
0.57
0.55
0.48
Defective hearing
0.60
0.64
0.77
Otitis media
0.66
0.60
0.57
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids
5.88
4.84
4.91
Defective speech
0.77
0.80
0.81
Enlarged cervical glands
1.22
0.97
0.95
Heart and circulation
0.74
0.75
0.75
Lung disease (not T.B.)
1.35
1.32
1.25
Orthopaedic defects
4.41
4.06
4.12
Defects of nervous system
0.34
0.41
0.40
Psychological defects
0.94
0.86
0.93
Anaemia
0.13
0.11
0.10
Enuresis
1.62
1.54
1.59
Table: Physical condition of pupils The physical condition of pupils inspected at periodic general medical inspections was recorded as satisfactory for over 98 per cent. of the children. The percentages recorded as unsatisfactory in each age group were as follows:
Physical condition of pupils The physical condition of pupils inspected at periodic general medical inspections was recorded as satisfactory for over 98 per cent. of the children. The percentages recorded as unsatisfactory in each age group were as follows:
Age group inspected (by year of birth)
Age (year of examination) less year of birth)
Physical condition unsatisfactory %
1954 and later
4 and under
2.1
1953
5
2.0
1952
6
3.3
1951
7
2.4
1950
8
3.9
1949
9
3.7
1948
10
3.0
1947
11
1.7
1946
12
1.4
1945
13
1.5
1944
14
1.1
1943 and earlier
15 and over
1.0
Table: The table below shows the overall classification of physical condition 1956-58, together with the percentages referred for treatment or observation of nutrition defects :
The table below shows the overall classification of physical condition 1956-58, together with the percentages referred for treatment or observation of nutrition defects :
Nutrition
re-inspectious
Pupils receiving vitamin capsules on the recommendation of the school doctor are
re-inspected each term. During 1958 the number of such re-inspections was 46,293.
Table: The classification of general condition recorded at these 'nutrition' re-inspections, with comparable figures for previous years, was as follows:
The classification of general condition recorded at these 'nutrition' re-inspections, with comparable figures for previous years, was as follows:
