[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 18

Hackney 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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2.—Examination of Elementary School Children in Hackney.

Number examined	1425		1000		1263		1297		1346		1065		1305		1291
Number examined	Cases.	*	Cases.	*	Cases.	*	Cases.	*	Cases.	*	Cases.	*	Cases.	*	Cases.	*
Malnutrition	40	33	31	30	36	32	16	16	42	32	24	16	29	28	7	6
Skin disease	9	6	6	3	8	8	7	7	8	5	10	10	6	5	14	13
Defective teeth	—	545	—	238	—	245	—	356	.	554	.	274	.	290	.	360
Enlarged tonsils	156	65	82	31	37	17	25	18	151	61	96	43	42	15	25	10
Adenoids	19	10	3	1	4	4	1	1	8	4	11	7	1	1	1	.
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids	101	87	29	28	16	13	7	7	60	50	29	25	23	18	4	4
Other nose and throat defects	21	11	9	4	1	—	3	2	14	8	6	4	4	2	2	1
Enlarged glands	31	3	16	3	11	2	—	—	19	3	4	1	1	.	1	.
Eye disease	29	20	13	6	8	6	6	5	33	16	12	9	9	7	6	4
Vision defect	—	—	.	84	—	138	.	156	.	.	.	110	.	125	.	178
Otorrhoea	2	.	5	3	4	2	4	3	3	1	.	.	1	.	1	1
Other ear disease	1	.	4	2	1	1	.	.	8	3	2	1	2	2	1	1
Defective hearing	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	.	2	1	1	.	.	.
Speech defects	6	1	3	1	7	2	5	3	5	2	1	.	1	1	.	.
Heart defects	10	.	7	1	4	1	7	2	13	.	14	1	19	2	15	2
Anaemia	7	3	6	1	3	—	9	3	5	3	5	1	5	1	12	3
Lung defects	28	11	13	7	10	2	2	.	36	12	7	4	3	.	2	1
Nervous defects	5	1	4	1	10	2	.	.	5	1	6	3	10	6	3	.
Phthisis	3	2	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	3	1	.	.	.	.
Other T. B. disease	.	.	.	—	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	._	.
Rickets	7	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1	.	.	1	.	1	.
Spinal deformities	1	.	2	2	4	2	.	.	.	.	2	.	5	1	3	3
Other deformities	12	4	3	.	4	2	9	7	4	2	5	1	8	4	6	3
Other defects	41	28	19	11	34	27	20	12	34	26	46	30	43	26	23	11
Number of children noted for treatment	.	690	.	377	—	411	—	497	—	657	—	434	—	456	—	524

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