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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE E iv.
| Age. | Number Examined. | Parents or Guardians Present. | Total Number in whom Defects found. | Nature of Defects. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Want of Cleanliness. | Clothing. | Vision. | Teeth. | Tonsils. | Glands. | Adenoids present. | Ear Trouble- | Mentally Defective. | Mentally Subnormal. | Heart Affections. | Lung Trouble. | Deformity and Spinal Dis. | Communicable Disease. | Sundry Defects | If employed | Written and Verbal directions to Parents. | Printed directions | Number Re- inspected | Number Specially Inspected | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Heads. | Body. | Clothing. | Defective Footgear. | 6/9 | 6/12 and worse- | External Eye Disease. | Malnu trition. | One to Four Decayed. | More than Four Decayed | Ear Disease. | Deafness- | Phthisis. | Bronchitis | Other Lung Disease. | Spinal Curvature. | Other Deformities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Hygienic Advice. | Medical or Surgical Treatment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ver. | Nits only. | Dirty. | Ver. | Dirty. | Defective. | Dirty. | + | + + | Palpable | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOYS' SCHOOLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3-4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ......... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4-5 | 35 | 28 | 21 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | I | 16 | 7 | 25 | ... | ... | |
| 5-6 | 492 | 361 | 349 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | 5 | 10 | 184 | 125 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 21 | ... | 8 | 5 | 42 | ... | 145 | 108 | 369 | 28 | 2 |
| 6-7 | 276 | 192 | 230 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | 124 | 82 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 66 | 64 | 167 | 30 | 12 | |
| 7-8 | 74 | 50 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 7 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 29 | 21 | 54 | 30 | 10 |
| 8-9 | 132 | 72 | 114 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 42 | 8 | 5 | ... | 4 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 15 | ... | 56 | 48 | 117 | 24 | 8 | |
| 9-10 | 54 | 29 | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 4 | ... | 7 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 25 | 19 | 39 | 27 | 5 |
| 10-11 | 28 | 11 | 24 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 9 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 11-12 | 39 | 10 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 13 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 7 |
| 12-13 | 617 | 256 | 448 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 71 | 5 | 10 | 307 | 53 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 202 | 134 | 499 | 46 | 7 |
| 13-14 | 198 | 60 | 139 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 5 | 25 | 10 | 1 | ... | 89 | 17 | 7 | 4 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ... | 49 | 33 | 139 | 46 | 4 |
| 14-15 | 19 | 5 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | ... |
| 15-16 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... |
| Total | 1977 | 1075 | 1461 | 7 | 53 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 122 | 90 | 20 | 43 | 874 | 367 | 125 | 87 | 5 | 87 | 70 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 133 | 7 | 33 | 74 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 180 | 8 | 607 | 448 | 1480 | 274 | 60 |
| Per. cent. | 100. | 54.3 | 73.9 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 44.2 | 18.5 | 6.3 | 4. 4 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3. 7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 30.7 | 22.6 | 74.8 | 13. 8 | 5.0 |
| GIRLS' SCHOOLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 14 | 11 | 23 | ... | ... |
| 5-6 | 432 | 335 | 333 | 7 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ... | ... | 8 | 13 | 171 | 99 | 37 | 24 | ... | 30 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 34 | ... | 123 | 93 | 294 | 11 | 14 | |
| 6-7 | 264 | 182 | 215 | 2 | 31 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 13 | 108 | 84 | 21 | 13 | ... | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 14 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 76 | 63 | 154 | 32 | 6 |
| 7-8 | 78 | 54 | 69 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 12 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 22 | 19 | 55 | 40 | 4 |
| 8-9 | 179 | 120 | 144 | ... | 22 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 41 | 27 | ... | 4 | 88 | 46 | 10 | 14 | ... | 9 | 11 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 23 | ... | 66 | 83 | 126 | 33 | 9 |
| 9-10 | 36 | 24 | 30 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | |
| 10-11 | 17 | 11 | 15 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 5 |
| 11-12 | 13 | 5 | 11 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 12-13 | 687 | 343 | 491 | ... | 94 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 93 | 3 | 27 | 307 | 57 | 46 | 37 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | ... | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 71 | ... | 234 | 176 | 491 | 47 | 9 |
| 13-14 | 134 | 47 | 96 | ... | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 7 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | I | ... | 18 | ... | 22 | 37 | 95 | 21 | 5 |
| 14-5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ... |
| 15-16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Total | 1885 | 1150 | 1435 | 11 | 282 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 32 | 193 | 138 | 20 | 71 | 828 | 351 | 121 | 106 | 1 | 87 | 75 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 121 | 6 | 19 | 68 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 193 | 1 | 578 | 508 | 1282 | 248 | 67 |
| Per cent. | 100 | 61.0 | 76.1 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 0.79 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 43.9 | 18.6 | 6.4 | 5. 6 | .05 | 4.6 | 3. 9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1. 0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 10.2 | ... | 30.1 | 26.9 | 68. 0 | 13.1 | 3.5 |
| TOTALS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3862 | 2225 | 2896 | 18 | 335 | 44 | 25 | 36 | 48 | 19 | 65 | 315 | 234 | 40 | 114 | 1702 | 718 | 246 | 193 | 6 | 174 | 145 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 254 | 13 | 52 | 142 | 33 | 63 | 20 | 373 | 9 | 1185 | 956 | 2762 | 522 | 127 | |
| Per cent. | 100 | 57. 6 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 1. 0 | 2.9 | 44 | 18.5 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 0. 1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3. 6 | 0. 8 | 1. 6 | 0.5 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 30.4 | 24.7 | 71.4 | 13.5 | 4. 2 |