London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Defects. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. requiring Treatment. | No. referred for Observation. | Percentage of total Examined. | No. requiring Treatment. | No. referred for Observation. | Percentage of total Examined. | |
| Ma lnutrition | 189 | 6 | 6.55 | 171 | 12 | 6.58 |
| Uncleanliness— | ||||||
| Head | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Body | ||||||
| Skin Disease | 8 | 1 | 0.30 | 16 | 2 | 0.65 |
| Eye Disease— | ||||||
| Defective Vision | 119 | 8 | 4.26 | 136 | 12 | 5.32 |
| Squint | 59 | 8 | 2.25 | 49 | 5 | 1.94 |
| External Eye Trouble | 11 | . | 0.37 | 10 | 2 | 0.43 |
| Ear Disease— | ||||||
| Deafness | 3 | . | 0.10 | 4 | 1 | 0.11 |
| Otitis Media | 4 | 1 | 0.17 | 5 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Other Disease | 4 | - | 0.13 | 3 | - | 0.11 |
| Nose and Throat— | ||||||
| Enlarged Tonsils only | 28 | 53 | 2.72 | 36 | 59 | 3.42 |
| Adenoids only | 12 | 12 | 0.81 | 15 | 13 | 1.01 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 145 | 66 | 7.09 | 126 | 62 | 6.76 |
| Other Conditions | 86 | 28 | 3.83 | 75 | 27 | 3.67 |
| Enlarged CervicalGlands(notT.B.) | 4 | 5 | 0.30 | 4 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Dental Defects | 51 | 1 | 1.75 | 58 | 2 | 2.16 |
| Speech Defects | 14 | 4 | 0.60 | 2 | - | 0.07 |
| Heart and Circulation— | ||||||
| Organic | 5 | 8 | 0.44 | 7 | 9 | 0.58 |
| Functional | 5 | 5 | 0.34 | 5 | 9 | 0.50 |
| Anaemia | 22 | 7 | 0.97 | 15 | 10 | 0.90 |
| Bronchitis | 10 | 9 | 0.64 | 13 | 2 | 0.54 |
| Other Non-T.B | 12 | 8 | 0.67 | 4 | 2 | 0.22 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 | 3 | 0.40 | 8 | 3 | 0.40 |
| Other Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 0.10 | - | - | - |
| Nervous System Disorders (including Epilepsy, chorea, etc.) | 4 | 13 | 0.57 | 6 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Deformities— | ||||||
| Rickets | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | - | 0.01 |
| Spinal Curvature | 66 | 2 | 2.28 | 65 | 9 | 2.66 |
| Others | 172 | 17 | 6.35 | 137 | 20 | 5.65 |
| Other Defects and Diseases | 29 | 13 | 1.41 | 30 | 7 | 1.33 |
| Totals | 1077 | 281 | 1001 | 290 | ||
| Total Children Examined | 2978 | 2780 | ||||