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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE E iv.
| Age. | Number Examined- | Parents Guardians Present. | Total Number in whom Defects found. | Want of Cleanliness- | Clothing. | Nature of Defects. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision. | External Eye Disease. | Malnu- trition | Teeth. | Tonsils. | Glands. | Adenoids present. | Ear Trouble. | Mentally Defective. | Mentally Subnormal. | Heart Affec- tions. | Lung Trouble. | Deformity and Spinal Dis. | Communi-Disease. | Sundry Defects | If employed | Written and Verbal directions to Parents. | Printed directions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Heads. | Body. | Clothing. | Defective Footgear. | 6/9 | 6/12 and worse. | Decayed. | More than Four Decayed | Ear Disease. | Deaf- ness | Phthisis. | Other Lung Disease. | Spinal Curvature. | Other Deformities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ver. | Nits only. | Dirty. | Ver. | Dirty. | Defective. | Dirty. | + | ++ | + | ++ | General Hygienic | Medical or Surgical Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INFANTS' (BOYS') SCHOOLS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 | 129 | 82 | 117 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 53 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 94 | 20 | 76 |
| 5-6 | 1265 | 963 | 1108 | 8 | 52 | 77 | 24 | 56 | 20 | 57 | 28 | 1 | ... | 24 | 45 | 529 | 398 | 136 | 96 | l88 | 67 | 73 | 32 | 45 | ... | 15 | 55 | 3 | 84 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 92 | ... | 819 | 201 | 980 |
| 6-7 | 424 | 277 | 384 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 14 | ... | 1 | 8 | 21 | 203 | 137 | 52 | 41 | 65 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 16 | ... | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 284 | 87 | 343 |
| 7-8 | 86 | 50 | 81 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | 50 | 14 | 68 |
| 8-9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 9-10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 1914 | 1380 | 1698 | 15 | 80 | 117 | 2? | 82 | 34 | 80 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 70 | 826 | 609 | 214 | 163 | 277 | 110 | 109 | 42 | 57 | 4 | 19 | 83 | 8 | 120 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 149 | 1 | 1254 | 324 | 1475 | |
| INFANTS' (GIRLS') SCHOOLS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 | 88 | 52 | 79 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 44 | 10 | 55 |
| 5-6 | 1185 | 895 | 1056 | 18 | 215 | 18 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 44 | 20 | ... | 1 | 22 | 27 | 491 | 384 | 128 | 106 | 169 | 77 | 51 | 20 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 67 | ... | 758 | 185 | 897 |
| 6-7 | 518 | 355 | 399 | 6 | 110 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 1 | ... | 14 | 25 | 216 | 185 | 46 | 50 | 73 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ... | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 34 | ... | 323 | 103 | 37' |
| 7-8 | 121 | 81 | 105 | ... | 30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | I | 3 | ... | 60 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 65 | 29 | 94 | |
| 8-9 | 18 | 13 | 17 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ....*« _ |... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 5 | 15 |
| 9-10 | 7 | 7 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1937 | 1400 | 1663 | 26 | 383 | 29 | 34 | 55 | 24 | 69 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 57 | 818 | 640 | 19b | 183 | 271 | 125 | 92 | 31 | 70 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 93 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 109 | ... | 1207 | 334 | 1439 | |
| BOYS' SCHOOLS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10-11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 11-12 | 14 | 5 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 12-13 | 1106 | 487 | 921 | 1 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 57 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 97 | 110 | 10 | 29 | 615 | 151 | 66 | 65 | 53 | 38 | 32 | 17 | 58 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 3 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 68 | 221 | 531 | 171 | 896 |
| 13-14 | 798 | 308 | 685 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 71 | 75 | 7 | 34 | 437 | 105 | 71 | 19 | 52 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 28 | ... | 37 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 169 | 352 | 101 | 690 | |
| 14-15 | 20 | 6 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 1041 | 800 | 1640 | 3 | 44 | 48 | 8 | 99 | 46 | 55 | 52 | 170 | 189 1 | 17 | 64 | 1070 | 259 | 142 | 87 | 106 | 82 | 48 | 25 | 88 | 4 | 25 | 71 | 4 | 78 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 125 | 395 | 899 | 278 | 1617 | |
| GIRLS' SCHOOLS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10-11 | 10 | 5 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 11-12 | 36 | 26 | 30 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | ... | 2 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 35 |
| 12-13 | 1129 | 643 | 965 | 32 | 283 | 25 | 17 | 41 | 4 | 34 | 8 | 166 | 138 | 15 | 23 | 631 | 132 | 101 | 83 | 103 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 67 | 2 | 13 | 57 | ... | 28 | 56 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 8 | 723 | 236 | 1055 |
| 13-14 | 1046 | 484 | 857 | 6 | 288 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 138 | 122 | 13 | 21 | 567 | 139 | 112 | 54 | 88 | 58 | 31 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 20 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 10 | 589 | 183 | 939 |
| 14-15 | 54 | 33 | 46 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 11 | ... | 3 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ... | 42 | 23 | 51 |
| 2275 | 1191 | 1907 | 38 | 588 | 36 | 23 | 69 | 7 | 50 | 14 | 325 | 280 | 28 | 51 | 1252 | 28 | 222 | 144 | 205 | 102 | 62 | 35 | 1 17 | 6 | 29 | 99 | 8 | 50 | 98 | 27 | 14 | 158 | 19 | 1388 | 449 | 2090 | |
| TOTALS ALL AGES BOYS' AND GIRLS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8067 | 4780 | 6908 | 82 | 1095 | 230 | 104 | 305 | 111 | 254 | 146 | 503 | 474 | 124 | 242 | 3966 | 1789 | 774 | 577 | 859 | 419 | 311 | 133 | 332 | 18 | 81 | 306 | 25 | 341 | 173 | 78 | *47 | 541 | 415 | 4748 | 1385 | 6621 | |
| * Including, Diphtheria 4, Scarlet Fever 2, Tuberculosis 25. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||