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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CIULDRM EXAMINED UNDER EVACUATION PLAN IV & V
| Total number of children examined | 4,874 | |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, conditionally Fit | 669 | |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, Unfit | 30 | |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, Fit | 4,175 | |
| MALNUTRITION | 6 | |
| UNCLEANLINESS- | ||
| Head | 206 | |
| Body | ||
| SKIN DISEASE | 42 | |
| EYE DISEASE- | ||
| Defective Vision | 33 | |
| Squint | – | |
| External Eye Trouble | 8 | |
| EAR DISEASE- | ||
| Deafness | 1 | |
| Otitis Media | - | |
| Other Disease | 3 | |
| NOSE AND THROAT- | ||
| Enlarged Tonsils only | 6 | |
| Adenoids, only. | - | |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 15 | |
| Other Conditions | 8 | |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands(not T.B) | 2 | |
| DENTAL DEFECTS | 236 | |
| SPEECH DEFECTS | 1 | |
| HEART and CIRCULATION- | ||
| Organic | 5 | |
| Functional | - | |
| Anaemia | 4 | |
| BRONCHITIS | 5 | |
| OTHER NON—T.B. | 7 | |
| PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | 1 | |
| OTHER TUBERCULOSIS | 7 | |
| NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS | ||
| (including Epilepsy, chorea,etc.) | 9 | |
| DEFORMITIES- | ||
| Rickets | - | |
| Spinal Curvature | ||
| Others | 10 | |
| OTHER DEFECTS and DISEASES. | 105 | |