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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
Kingston upon Thames 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE II
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 4 | - | 3 | _ | |
| (26) Other non Tb. Diseases | 11 | 1 | 14 | - | ||
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary (27) Definite | - | - | - | - | |
| (28)Suspected | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| Non-Pulmo'y(29) Glands | - | - | - | - | ||
| (30) Bones & Joints | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| (3l)Skin | - | - | - | - | ||
| (32)Other Forms | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| TOTAL (Heads 29 to 32) | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | - | - | - | ||
| (34) Chorea | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | - | 2 | - | ||
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | 3 | - | 3 | - | |
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 2 | - | - | |||
| (38) Other Forms | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| (9) Other Defects and Diseases | - | 5 | - | |||
| (excl. Uncleanliness & Dental Diseases) | 28 | 3 | 266 | - | ||
| Total | 208 | 25 | 1070 | 12 | ||
B. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
| Age-groups | Number of Children Inspected | A Excellent | B Normal | C Slightly Subnormal | D Bad | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Entrants | 375 | 28 | 7.5 | 271 | 72.3 | 76 | 20.2 | — | — |
| Second Age Group | 368 | 49 | 13.3 | 267 | 72.6 | 52 | 14.1 | — | — |
| Third Age Group | 267 | 39 | 14.6 | 181 | 67.8 | 47 | 17.6 | — | — |
| Other Routine Inspections | 222 | 34 | 15.3 | 170 | 76.6 | 18 | 8.1 | — | — |
| Total | 1,232 | 150 | 12.2 | 889 | 72.1 | 193 | 15.6 | — | — |