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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Age. | Number Examined- | Parents or Guardians Present. | Total Number in whom Defects found. | Want of Cleanliness. | Clothing. | Defective Footgear. | Vision. | External 1 Eye Disease. | Malnutrition. | Teeth. | Tonsils. | Glands. | Adenoids present. | Ear Trouble. | Mentally Defective. | Mentally Subnormal. | Heart Affections. | Lung 'Trouble. | Deformity and Spinal Dis. | Communicable Disease. | Sundry Defects | If lemployed | "Written and Verbal directions to Parents. | Printed directions | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heads. | Body. | Clothing. | 6/9 | 6/12 and worse- | One to Four Decayed. | More than Four Decayed | Ear Disease. | Deafness. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis | Other Lung Disease. | Spinal Curvature. | Other Deformities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ver. ! | Nits only. | Dirty. | Ver. | Dirty. | Defective. | Dirty. | + | + + | Palpable| | + | General Hygienic Advice- | Medical or Surgical Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROYS' SCHOOLS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | .. | .. | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | |
| 4-5 | 102 | 72 | 75 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ... | 10 | 16 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 25 | 38 | 61 | |
| 5-6 | 1042 | 774 | 761 | 1 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 68 | 373 | 301 | 120 | 39 | 31 | 218 | 87 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 87 | ... | 240 | 358 | 635 | |
| 6-7 | 277 | 171 | 233 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 12 | .. | ... | 12 | 34 | 113 | 95 | 41 | 13 | 10 | 63 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 10 | ... | 2 | 2 | 26 | ... | 75 | 107 | 163 | |
| 7-8 | 90 | 37 | 75 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .. | 23 | 39 | 61 | |
| 8-9 | 663 | 362 | 561 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 60 | 61 | 10 | 20 | 375 | 146 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 69 | 35 | 14 | 26 | .. | ... | 34 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 12 | ... | 49 | ... | 179 | 180 | 361 | |
| 9-10 | 108 | 36 | 91 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 13 | 19 | 49 | |
| 10.11 | 17 | 9 | 16 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 6 | 10 | 9 | |
| 11-12 | 21 | 7 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | 13 | |
| 12-13 | 1044 | 387 | 855 | 2 | 22 | 12 | I | 33 | 42 | 17 | 46 | 158 | 155 | 20 | 26 | 588 | 91 | 72 | 42 | 12 | 121 | 44 | 11 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 46 | 357 | 283 | ||
| 13-14 | 241 | 59 | 192 | 1 | 14 | 5 | ... | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 124 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ... | 19 | 16 | 53 | 66 | 127 | |
| M-I5 | 174 | 10 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 17 | 9 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | 16 | ... | 10 | ... | 22 | |
| Total | 3788 | 1932 | 2914 | 9 | 127 | 82 | 6 | 128 | 93 | 83 | 127 | 284 | 286 | 83 | 184 | 1753 | 761 | 345 | 155 | 78 | 571 | 242 | 53 | 135 | 6 | 12 | 175 | 10 | 87 | 90 | 30 | 45 | 10 | 272 | 62 | 990 | 1118 | 2195 | |
| 3-4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | .. | ... | 4 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | GIRLS' SCHOOLS. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 4-5 | 107 | 71 | 78 | 1 | 20 | 3 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 19 | 28 | 56 | |||
| 5-6 | 1011 | 773 | 801 | 6 | 185 | 25 | ... | 26 | 5 | 16 | 23 | ... | ... | 20 | 49 | 446 | 353 | 164 | 49 | 28 208 84 | 19 | 26 | ... | 7 | 51 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 49 | ... | 205 | 389 | 523 | ||||
| 6-7 | 3" | 215 | 275 | 3 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | 10 | 24 | 129 | 5° | 17 | 10 50 35 | 3 | 9 | ... | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 31 | ... | 86 | 118 | 197 | ||||||
| 7-8 | 91 | 55 | 81 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 11 | ... | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 5 15 11 | 2 | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ... | 31 | 31 | 40 | ||||
| 8-9 | 669 | 393 | 583 | 4 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 77 | 66 | .20 | 40 | 337 | 140 | 73 | 28 | 14 98 34 | 24 | 24 | ... | 6 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 69 | ... | 213 | 204 | 347 | |||
| 9-10 | 65 | 25 | 52 | 17 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 9 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 12 3 | 3 | ... | J | 2 | 4 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 19 | 35 | 28 | ||||||||
| 10-11 | 9 | 6 | IO | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ... 1 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 11-12 | 61 | 40 | 49 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 1 9 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 24 | 51 | ||||||||
| 12-13 | 938 | 506 | 814 | 5 | 211 | 18 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 142 | 120 | 21 | 21 | 485 | 118 | 76 | 41 | 18 82 32 | 8 | 36 | ... | 7 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 272 | 284 | 662 | |||
| 13-14 | 200 | 116 | 186 | 51 | 4 | ... | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 139 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 1 19 3 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | ... | 15 | 2 | 87 | 63 | 168 | ||||||
| I4-I5 | 133 | 15 | 22 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 1 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | ... | 16 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
| Total | 3608 | 2223 | 2962 | 21 | 727 | 70 | 6 | 150 | 42 | 93 | 7i | 274 | 232 | 85 | 162 | 1712 | 855 | 410 | 177 | 82 | 509 | 214 | 59 | 130 | 4 | 30 | 164 | 7 | 76 | 65 | 74 | 54 | 10 | 256 | 3 | 995 | 1186 | 2102 | |
| TOTALS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7396 | 4155 | 5876 | 30 | 854 | 12 | 278 | 135 | 176 | 198 | 558 | 286 | 168 | 346 | 3465 | 1616 | 755 | 332 | 160 | 1080 | 456 | 112 | 265 | 10 | 42 | 339 | 17 | 163 | 155 | 104 | 99 | 20 | 528 | 65 | 1985 | 2304 | 4297 | |||