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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 1936
[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, 1936. Numbers Examined and Defects Found.
| Boys. | Girls. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 7. | Age 11. | Age 14. | |||||||||
| Number examined | 989 | 831 | 1,176 | 971 | 1,027 | 819 | 1,115 | 1,106 | ||||||||
| Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | Cases * | |||||||||
| Malnutrition | 17 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Skin Disease | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Defective Teeth | — | 361 | — | 198 | — | 194 | - | 227 | - | 359 | - | 187 | - | 192 | - | 240 |
| Enlarged Tonsils | 117 | 56 | 68 | 22 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 99 | 55 | 64 | 34 | 50 | 31 | 26 | 16 |
| Adenoids | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 26 | 9 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 58 | 42 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 47 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Other Nose and Throat defects | 9 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Enlarged Glands | 5 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Eye Disease | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 |
| Vision defect | — | — | — | 32 | - | 74 | - | 80 | - | - | - | 27 | - | 66 | — | 66 |
| Otorrhoea | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other ear disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | . 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Defective hearing | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Speech defects | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | - | - |
| Heart defects | 2 | — | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Anaemia | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Lung defects | 13 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Nervous defects | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rickets | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Spinal deformities | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Other deformities | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| Other defects | 17 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 8 |
| Number of Children noted for treatment. . | — | 443 | — | 269 | — | 303 | — | 322 | 451 | — | 277 | — | 318 | 332 | ||
* Defects, however slight, are included under " Cases " ; those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *.