Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | |
Uncleanliness - Head | - | - | 1 | - | 0.02 | |
Body | ||||||
Skin Disease | 17 | 21 | 0.58 | 24 | 24 | 0.77 |
Eye Disease - Defective Vision | 284 | 145 | 6.56 | 281 | 116 | 6.35 |
Squint | 12 | 13 | 0.38 | 14 | 12 | 0.42 |
External Eye Trouble | 7 | 7 | 0.21 | 11 | 7 | 0.29 |
Ear Disease - Deafness | 23 | 56 | 1.21 | 15 | 67 | 1.31 |
Otitis Media | 9 | 20 | 0.44 | 5 | 19 | 0.38 |
Other Disease | 4 | 10 | 0.21 | 2 | 7 | 0.11 |
Nose and Throat | 68 | 115 | 2.80 | 63 | 151 | 3.42 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (not T. B. ) | 2 | 19 | 0.32 | - | 71 | 1.14 |
Dental Defects | 23 | 1 | 0.37 | 21 | 2 | 0.35 |
Speech Defects | 30 | 29 | 0.90 | 25 | 25 | 0.80 |
Heart and Circulation | 10 | 43 | 0.81 | 9 | 51 | 0.96 |
Lungs | 11 | 64 | 1.15 | 7 | 69 | 1.22 |
Developmental - (a) Hernia | 9 | 3 | 0.18 | - | 1 | 0.02 |
(b) Other | 56 | 80 | 2.08 | 8 | 40 | 0.77 |
Deformities - Posture | 43 | 18 | 0.93 | 78 | 40 | 1.89 |
Flat Feet | 65 | 65 | 1.99 | 71 | 56 | 2.03 |
Others | 36 | 44 | 1.22 | 37 | 68 | 1.68 |
Nervous system Disorders -Epilepsy | 2 | 5 | 0.11 | - | 6 | 0.10 |
Other | 5 | 11 | 0.24 | 2 | 10 | 0.19 |
Psychological - (a) Development | 5 | 16 | 0.32 | 1 | 8 | 0.14 |
(b) Stability | 15 | 9 | 0.37 | 5 | 13 | 0.29 |
Abdomen | 1 | 6 | 0.11 | 1 | 7 | 0.13 |
Other Defects and Diseases | 28 | 32 | 0.92 | 39 | 47 | 1.37 |
TOTALS | 765 | 832 | 720 | 917 | ||
Total Children Examined | 6,538 | 6,254 |