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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

Finchley 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: Table III. Details for each department of Defects found at time of the Routine Medical Inspection by the Medical Officer.

Table III. Details for each department of Defects found at time of the Routine Medical Inspection by the Medical Officer.

School and Department.No. examined.Tonsils moderately enlarged.Tonsils much enlarged.Obvious Adenoids.Mouth Breathers.Operation before Inspection for Tonsils and Adenoids.Enlarged Cervical Glands not TubercularUnder-nourished.Anæmia and DebilityEvidence of old RicketDefective Clothing.Uncleanliness.External Eye Disease.Squint.Slight Defect of Vision not worse than 69th.Defective Vision worse than 6 9th.Wearing Spectacles.Otorrhœa.Deafness.Bronchial Catarrh.Rhinitis and Nasal Catarrh (cold)Functional Heart Disease.Organic Heart Disease.Skin Disease (not parasitic)Ringworm.Mumps.Chicken Pox.Whooping Cough.Measles.Tuberculous DiseasesCongenital Defects.Mentally Dull.Mentally Defective.Goitre.Infantile Paralysis.Defective Speech.Incontinence of Urine.Hernia (Rupture)Epilepsy.Chorea.Spinal Curvature.Cretinism.Nephritis.Other defects.
Dirty Hair.Very Dirty Hair.Flea-bittea.Dirty Body.Dirty Clothing.Phthisis.Tuberculous Spine.Tubercular GlandsOld Scars of do.Lupus.
S.L.C.SBoys59322491.........1...............2124313...11.......................................3.................................3
Girls645...249...24.........21......113751..........................................................................................
InfantsBoys............................................................................................................................................................
Girls81.........1..........................................1.............................................................................................
L.L.C.S.Boys13114459355......224192231511314...1...1..................1...............123......2............1......9
Girls9775334282...1232136243168225...22......1.....................1......51...1...1..................9
InfantsBoys10983166...7......1911715141...325...4......2...............1......1......3.........2...1...............2
Girls7176813...2......91754......221......1...11........................1..........................................2......1
A.S.C.S.Boys127132461028......8214655...4......33l22221............1......1......7......131..................8
Girls90101336...4......11563342152113l2...11.................................5............1.........1.........
InfantsBoys519315233......11...21...3.........41451...1.............................................2.....................2
Girls61113522121......81...1...21......111243...2...1....................................1...........................
N.R.C.C.Boys112451811181...9...............23310611......213.................................3.........2.........1.........2
Girls76725...3.....................1...1435128.........1..........................................2.................................1
InfantsBoys36842221...........................32......1......2...2...1.............................................3.....................3
Girls352...1...........................1.......................................1........................1..........................................3
C.H.C.V.SBoys5231...34...1...............2......1112122......22....................................21..............................3
Girls4722233...2.........9...2.........2213...1................................................11......1.....................3
InfantBoys26...2...1121...............221.....................12..........................................1.........2.....................2
Girls3523211...1.........414...11............1...2.........1........................................................................
H.T.V.S.Boys5031137132.....................2...664131...1......1............1...........................2.....................5
Girls342........................18............3244511......11................................................1........................
InfantsBoys34211...2...1.........11........................1...1...1..........................................1......1.....................1
Girls3251121...31......13...1111.....................1..............................................................................
S.J.V.S.Boys71...............1...............1......111...1..........................................................................................2
Girls9..............................1............1......1................................................................................................
InfantsBoys2021..........................................1......1...255......................................................1.....................4
Girls1223l.........12......1...1...11.........1...121.............................................l..............................3
S.M.V.S.Boys4...1..............................1........................2............................................................1.....................1
Girls18122.....................1...1......1...2.........1...2......................................................2.....................1
InfantsBoys1421...2......1........................21............112......................................................1.....................2
Girls5...21.....................1...............1...................................................................................................2
Totals152513661546890196413...83107355219254730516850244024351981421.........5......4......448...32631...14......72
Approximate percentages of the children examined100 %8.924.003.544.465.901.254.20.85...5.447.022.303.411.251.643.081.973.354.463.281.582.621.582.301.24.52.92.20.07..........33.......26......2.88.52....201.70.20.07....07.26......4.72