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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
Woolwich 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 5 (Part I.).
Examination of Elementary School Children in Woolwich, 1935. Numbers Examined and Defects Found.
| Boys. | Girls. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | |||||||||
| Number examined | 1,302 | 572 | 1,004 | 1,117 | 1,241 | 635 | 896 | 1,032 | ||||||||
| Cases * | Cases * i | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | |||||||||
| Malnutrition | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Skin Disease | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Defective Teeth | — | 522 | — | 135 | — | 231 | — | 260 | — | 508 | — | 198 | — | 172 | — | 255 |
| Enlarged Tonsils | 127 | 36 | 43 | 10 | 40 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 122 | 33 | 61 | 10 | 39 | 13 | 28 | 14 |
| Adenoids | 29 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 68 | 52 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 42 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Other Nose and Throat defects | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Enlarged Glands | 11 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Eye Disease | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Vision defect | — | — | — | 18 | — | 57 | — | 83 | — | — | — | 28 | — | 63 | — | 73 |
| Otorrhoea | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Other ear disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Defective hearing | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Speech defects | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Heart defects | 15 | — | 6 | — | 5 | — | 9 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | — | 16 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| Anaemia | 13 | 4 | 6 | — | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | 2 |
| Lung defects | 24 | 9 | 5 | — | 6 | — | 7 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Nervous defects | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Phthisis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other T.B. disease | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rickets | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Spinal deformities | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 |
| Other deformities | 23 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| Other defects | 43 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 8 |
| Number of Children noted for treatment. . | — | 638 | — | 189 | — | 318 | — | 363 | — | 615 | — | 255 | — | 277 | — | 358 |
| * Defects, however slight, are included under "Cases" ; those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *. | ||||||||||||||||