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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 1919
[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. | External 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 employee | Written and Verbal directions to Parents. | Printed directions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heads. | Body. | Clothing. | Defecttive Foocgear. | 6/9 | 6/12 and worse. | One to Four Decayed. | More than Four Decayed | Ear disease. | Deaf , ness. | 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4-5 | 47 | 34 | 23 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 5-6 | 657 | 443 | 478 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 1 | ... | 3 | 7 | 25 | 220 | 135 | 69 | 57 | 36 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 15 | ... | 6 | 16 | ... | 16 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 33 | ... | 105 | 154 | 253 | ||
| 6-7 | 490 | 307 | 369 | ... | 17 | 12 | ... | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 176 | 133 | 45 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ... | 11 | 2 | 21 | ... | 70 | 93 | 195 | |
| 7-8 | 186 | 122 | 149 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | I | 3 | 4 | 65 | 02 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ... | 27 | 45 | 63 | |||
| 8-9 | 334 | 169 | 254 | ... | 11 | 9 | ... | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 175 | 57 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 8 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | 6 | 1 | 18 | ... | 80 | 111 | 182 |
| 9-10 | 62 | 28 | 47 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 24 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 12 | 37 |
| 10-11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 9 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 11-12 | 22 | 7 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 12-13 | 722 | 268 | 493 | ... | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 84 | 69 | 5 | 4 | 275 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 15 | ... | 5 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 106 | 174 | 211 | |
| 13-14 | 319 | 84 | 217 | 1 | 12 | 4 | ... | 11 | ... | 5 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 129 | 1 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ... | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 58 | 114 |
| 14-15 | 24 | 5 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 . | ... | 33 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15-16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 2876 | 1475 | 2075 | 8 | 70 | 58 | 1 | 104 | 18 | 61 | 16 | 175 | 134 | 34 | 1103 | 464 | 198 | 140 | 140 | 03 | 127 | 25 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 73 | 7 | 35 | 67 | 8 | 49 | 15 | 127 | 10 | 447 | 662 | 1099 | |
| Per. cent. | 100. | 51.2 | 72.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 | .03 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 6.08 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 2.01 | 38.4 | l6.1 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 15.5 | 23.0 | 38.2 |
| GIRLS' SCHOOLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 | 56 | 39 | 35 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 5-6 | 536 | 363 | 376 | 1 | 74 | 4 | ... | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 | 21 | 198 | 105 | 40 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 16 | ... | 87 | 180 | 194 |
| 6-7 | 447 | 316 | 349 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ... | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 178 | 123 | 41 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 1 | ... | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 83 | 100 | 196 |
| 7-2 | 125 | 91 | 95 | 2 | 14 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 27 | 34 | 47 |
| 8-9 | 288 | 169 | 239 | 1 | 58 | 4 | ... | 7 | ... | 4 | ... | 46 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 146 | 74 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ... | ... | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ... | 72 | 108 | 124 |
| 9-10 | 88 | 50 | 57 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 | 17 | ... | 4 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | 19 | 28 | 35 | ||
| 10-11 | 41 | 19 | 30 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | 1 | 14 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 11-12 | 35 | 19 | 29 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 15 | 20 | 18 |
| 12-13 | 886 | 438 | 610 | 2 | 133 | ... | 31 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 145 | 104 | 11 | 16 | 369 | 46 | 42 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 6 | ... | 2 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 16 | l6 | 18 | 3 | 71 | ... | 149 | 215 | 330 | |
| 13-14 | 372 | 191 | 273 | 3 | 55 | 7 | ... | 11 | ... | 7 | 2 | 55 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 175 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ... | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | ... | 57 | 51 | 122 |
| 14-15 | 42 | 26 | 30 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 17 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 4 | ||
| 15-16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 2916 | 1721 | 2123 | 14 | 424 | 27 | 1 | 80 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 272 | 193 | 32 | 79 | 1218 | 428 | 191 | 125 | 125 | 85 | 107 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 15 | 126 | 12 | 21 | 74 | 40 | 50 | 12 | 159 | 1 | 531 | 706 | 1117 |
| Per cent. | 100. | 59.??? | 72.8 | 0.4 | 14.5 | 0.9 | .03 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 41.7 | 14.6 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 5.4 | .03 | 18.2 | 24.2 | 38.2 | |
| TOTALS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5792 | 3196 | 4198 | 22 | 494 | 85 | 2 | 184 | 22 | 98 | 23 | 447 | 327 | 66 | 137 | 2323 | 892 | 389 | 271 | 265 | 178 | 234 | 50 | 105 | 13 | 29 | 199 | 19 | 56 | 141 | 48 | 99 | 27 | 286 | 11 | 978 | 1368 | 2216 | |
| Per cent. | 100. | 55.2 | 72.4 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 1.4 | .03 | 3.1 | 0.3 | l.6 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 40.1 | 15.4 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 16.8 | 23.6 | 38.2 |