Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922.

  • Holborn (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    80 Defects Found. II. Entrants. Age 8. age 12. age 13. Boys. * Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Number Examined 183 [80] 179 [92] 203 [142] 244 [114] 248 [113] 244 [98] 119 [62] 114 [56] Defects: — Skin Disease 1 [1] 4 [4] 7 [7] 4 [1] 4 [3] 2 [1] ... 1 [1] Enlarged Tonsils 26 [11] 22 [5] 29 [12] 31 [10] 29 [10] 25 [5] 14 [7] 17 |6] Adenoids 2 [1] 2 [—] 1 [1] ... ... ... ... ... Tonsils and Adenoids 3 [3] 5 [3] 6 [6] 6 [6] 2 [1] 1 [1] ... 2 [—] Other Nose and Threat 12 [4] 6 [4] 13 [7] 6 [4] 10 [6] 9 [4] 4 [3] 1 [-] Enlarged Glands of Neck 3 [-] 1 [-] 3 [-] 6 [1] 5 [-] 11 [1] 2 [—] 5[—] External Eye Disease 2 [2] 2 [2] 12 [7] 3 [3] 4 [2] 6 [3] 3 [—] ... Vision for Treatment Not Examined [17] [15] [31] [48] [18] [10] Otorrhœa and Otitis 2 [-] 3 [3] 1 [-] 1 [1] 2 [2] 1 [1] ... 2 [1] Other Ear Disease 2 [-] ... 2 [2] ... 1 ['] 2 [2] 1 [—] ... Hearing Defect ... ... 1 [1] 2 [1] 1 [1] ... ... ... Stammering ... ... 1 [-] ... ... 1 [-] 1[-] ... Other Speech ... ... ... 1 [—] ... 1 [1] ... ... Heart Defects 4 [1] 2 6 [-] 16 [—] 5 [-] 13 [-] 3 [—] 3 [-] Anµmia 9 [1] 7 [2] 12 |1] 11 [2] 7 [1] 0 [1] 2 [—] 6 [2] Bronchitis and other Lung Disease 10 [-] 17 [4] 16 [4] 9 [-] 11 [-] 6 [—] 4 [—] 3[-] Nervous Disease ... ... 1 [-] ... ... ... ... ... Phthisis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Other Tubercular Disease 1 [-] ... 2 [1] 1 [-] 1 [1] ... ... 1 [-] Rickets 5 [2] 2 [1] 1 [-] 3 [-] 2 [—] ... ... ... Spinal Defects 1 [1] ... 3 [-] 1 [-] 6 [3] 9 [2] 3 [—] 8 [—] Other Deformities ... ... ... 1 [1] 1 [1] ... ... ... Infectious Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Other Defects 9 [4] 9 [3] 7 [2] 12 [6] 5 [-] 5 [2] 1 [1] 2 [—] †Cases for Dental Treatment [57] [75] [108] [86] [68] [60] [42] [43] * The figures in brackets are the numbers referred for treatment, and these are included in the total figure, e.g., 183 boys examined, 83 of them noted for treatment. † Defects of Vision and Dental defec ts arc shown in Table I