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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table VII.NOSE AND THROAT.

Table VII.NOSE AND THROAT.

Entrants.%Intermediates%Leavers.%Other Ages%Totals.%
Boys.Girli.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.GirlsBoys & Girls
Enlarged Tonsils30527219 419819315-712411111 9.........120315.7
Adenoids1617117100.7750 6.........620.8
Enlarged Tonsilswith Adenoids18017111885907.026282-71111-85838.3
Mouth Breathers34241-91580.9430 41...5 9892.3
Nose (Deflected Septum)220 230.1410-3.........12o.a
Other 1 leases of the Nose and Throat78705 035202.215111-5.........2322.9
Lnlarged Submaxillary and Cervical Glandi15714010015213812.147494 9.........6839 0

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Table VII. shows that the percentage of nose and throat
defects steadily diminishes as age advances, and as a general
ru'e it is higher in boys at all ages than in girls. Enlarged
glands were most commonly found in the intermediate group
(aged 8-9 years); enlarged tonsils and adenoids in the entrant
group. The leaver group showed the best findings, a result
probably of treatment received, and of a tendency for masses of