Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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S chool W ork .
BOYS. | GIRLS. | TOTAL. | |
---|---|---|---|
Cleanliness— | |||
Good | 163 | 140 | 303 |
Fair | 24 | 27 | 51 |
Bad | — | — | — |
Nits | 1 | 11 | 12 |
Lice | — | 1 | 1 |
Mouth Breathers and Nasal | |||
Catarrh | 14 | 7 | 21 |
Enlarged Tonsils | 16 | 20 | 36 |
Adenoids | 10 | 3 | 13 |
Blepharitis | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Conjuntivitis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Eves: Squint | 5 | — | 5 |
Teeth— | |||
Fairly Sound Sets 1-3 | 66 | 71 | 137 |
Kour or more decayed | 35 | 37 | 72 |
Oral Sepsis | 6 | — | 6 |
Ears— | |||
Obstructions | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Otorrhœa | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Hearing— | |||
Good | 184 | 163 | 347 |
Poor | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Bad | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Heat and Circulation— | |||
Organic Disease | — | ... | .. |
Anaemia | 8 | 7 | 15 |
Other Defects | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Lungs— | |||
Chronic Bron. Catarrh | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Pre-Tuberculosis | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Tuberculosis | — | .. | — |
Other Diseases | 17 | 11 | 28 |