[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, County of Zetland (Shetland Islands).

  • Shetland (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, County of Zetland (Shetland Islands). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 11 Return of number and percentage of individual children in each age group suffering from particular defects:- Total de- Third Fourth Fifth Nature of fective at Entrants Age Group Age Group Age Group All Ages Defect. all ages Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Number examined 188 163 164 183 124 115 16 18 492 479 Clo+hW 2 1----1--11 unsatisfactory 0.2 0.5 - - - -0.9 - - .2 .2 Footgear - __________ unsatisfactory - __________ Cleanlinoss- (a) Head: Dirtv. 17 - 7 - 4 - 6 17 nits or vermin 1.8 -4.3 - 2.2 -5*2 - - -3.6 (b) Body: Dirty or - ---------- verminous - __________ Skin - Ringworm (a) Head: . Impetigo Other Diseases (b) Body: Ringworm Impetigo Scabies Other Diseases 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.2 7 2 1 0.7 1.1 0.6 1 - 1 0.6 — - 0.9 1 1 - 0.6 0.5 - — o.l - : °-\ 4 - - 2.4 - - i 1 - - 0.2 0.2 - 1 1 - - 0.2 0.2 - E °’2 0.2 - 6 1 _ - 1.2 0.2 Nutritional State - Slightly defective 7 4 1 1 | — 2 - - 4 3 0.7 2.1 0.6 _ - - 1.7 ' y- - 0.8 0.6 Bad - - - - - -■A - - - - - Month-and teeth 31 9 12 4 3 2 1 — — 15 16 unhealthy 3.2 4.8 7.4 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.9 - ' y 3.1 3.3 Naso-Pharynx - (a) Nose: (l) Obstruction req. 14 4 6 1 2 - 1 - - 5 9 observation 1.4 2.1 3.7 0.6 1.2 0.9 - - 1.0 1.9 (ll) Requiring: 1 - Vy - -r 1 ■* | 2 - 1 operation 0.1 - - - ■ H 0.3 - - 0.2 - (Hi) Other - , - - - - - - - — - Conditions (b) Throat: (l) Tonsils req. 16 8 3 2 3 - - • — - 10 6 observation i;6 4.3 1.8 1.2 1.7 - - - - 2.0 1.3 (ll)Reouiring - - - - - - - - operation (c) Glands req. 12 3 3 1 3 K 2 - - 4 8 observation 1.2 1.7 1.8 0.6 1.7 . - 1.7 - - 0.8 1.7 (ll) Requiring V - - - - - - operation Eyes - (a) External diseases: Blepharitis 13 4 2 1 4 - 2 - - 5 8 1.4 2.1 1.2 0.6 2.2 - 1.7 - - 1.0 1.7 Conjunctivitis - - - - - d - - - *• - Corneal opacities/