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 Acton]
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TABLE 3.—
CONDITION | Entrants | Leavers | Intermediate Group | TOTAL | Special Cases | ||||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys | Girls | Total | Per Cent. | Boys . | Girls | Total | |
Nose & Throat— (continued). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tonsils, slightly enlarged | 87 | 78 | 165 | 12 | 49 | 31 | 80 | 12 | 136 | 109 | 215 | 11.6 | |||||||
Tonsils, much enlarged | 30 | 27 | 57 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2.8 | 45 | 31 | 76 | 8.6 | |||||||
Adenoids, slight | 36 | 31 | 67 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 4.5 | 62 | 35 | 97 | 4.6 | |||||||
Adenoids, marked | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .9 | 17 | 8 | 25 ' | 1.2 i | |||||||
Other diseases | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1.4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | .4 | |||||||||||
Glands. | |||||||||||||||||||
Submaxillary | 84 | 93 | 177 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 4.2 | 85 | 120 | 205 | 9.7 | |||||||
Cervical | 127 | 136 | 263 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 4.5 | 142 | 151 | 293 | 13.9 | |||||||
External Eye Disease. | |||||||||||||||||||
No disease | 677 | 726 | 1403 | 97.3 | 330 | 326 | 656 | 98.4 | 1007 | 1052 | 2059 | 97.6 | |||||||
Blepharitis | 14 | 15 | 29 | 2. | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1.5 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 1.8 | |||||||
Conjunctivitis | 1 | 3 | 4 | .3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .2 | |||||||||||
Corneal Opacities | 3 | 2 | 5 | .3 | 1 | 1 | .1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .3 | ||||||||
Other disease | 1 | 1 | .1 | 1 | 1 | .1 | |||||||||||||
Ear Disease. | |||||||||||||||||||
No disease | 678 | 733 | 1411 | 97.9 | 321 | 329 | 650 | 97.5 | 999 | 1062 | 2061 | 97.7 | |||||||
Obstruction R | 1 | 1 | 2 | .1 | 2 | .3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .2 | |||||||||
L | 1 | 1 | .1 | 4 | 4 | .6 | 5 | 5 | .2 | ||||||||||
Otorrhcea K | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .7 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1. | |||||||
L | 9 | 3 | 12 | .8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .9 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .9 | |||||||
Other disease |