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Woolwich 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 24 (P artI.).Examination of Elementary School Children in Woolwich, 1938. Numbers Examined and Defects Found.

TABLE No. 24 (P artI.).

Examination of Elementary School Children in Woolwich, 1938. Numbers Examined and Defects Found.

Number examinedBoys.Girls.
Entrants.Age 7.Age 11.Age 14.Entrants.Age 7.Age 11.Age 14.
1,150 Cases *888 Cases *964 Cases *947 Cases *1,155 Cases *902 Cases *940 Cases *912 Cases *
Malnutrition21417-16213114328511151
Skin Disease65552263116766584
Defective Teeth-285-154-160—157—295—166—137—166
Enlarged Tonsils1366575393421201310939744151342922
Adenoids12843——11944344——
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids5038262311844514232318777
Other Nose and Throat defects9143333384323111
Enlarged Glands41521———5—714———
Eye Disease211887531192320141112933
Vision defect——-40—81—89———29—92—66
Otorrhoea332233226432——33
Other ear disease521———1—2—212111
Defective hearing-———33112111————
Speech defects5—2—32223-----1—
Heart defects611—5—744—823131
Anaemia4222625484612221
Lung defects10521635415942421—
Nervous defects926—731181925131
Phthisis----------------
Other T.B. disease----------------
Rickets1---------------
Spinal deformities——4333111-33541-
Other deformities18114295841277510565
Other defects221218121712117241417122418119
Number of Children noted for treatment-407—254-290—266—408—284—279—261

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* Defects, however slight, are included under "Cases"; those severe enough to require treatment are shown under *.