[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council.

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

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    TABLE II (continued) Age Groups Entrants 2nd Age Group .'ini Age Group 1th Age Group All Ages Hoys Girls Boys Gills Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Number Examined 839 780 674 604 674 593 58 41 2245 2018 (b) Defective Hearing 2 1 3 Grade I — — 2 — — 2 Grade Ha ... — 1 2 — 4 1 — 6 2 Grade lib ... — — — — — — — i Grade III ... Totals 2 1 2 2 4 2 — — 8 5 % (0.18) (0.31) (0.47) - (030) 10. Speech— Defective Articu- lation 10 5 4 2 1 — — — 15 i Stammering 3 — 2 — 2 i — — I i Totals 13 5 6 2 3 i — — 22 8 % (1.11) (0.62) (0.31) (0. 70) 11. Mental and Nervous condition— Backward ... — — — — — 2 — — — 2 Dull — — 5 2 2 1 — — 7 3 Mentally Defective 8 10 (Educable) — — 2 — 2 — — 2 Mentally Defective 1 (Ineducable) — — 1 — — — — 1 i Highly Nervous 2 — — — — — — — 2 — Difficult in Behaviour — — — — 1 — — — 1 — Totals 2 — 8 2 11 6 — — 21 8 % (0.12) (0.78) (1.34) (0.68) 12. Circulatory System (a) Organic Heart Disease— Congenital... 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 — 9 5 Acquired ... — — — 1 3 — — — 3 i (b) Functional Con- ditions... 4 2 2 — — i — — 6 3 Totals 6 4 5 2 6 3 1 — 18 9 % (0.61) (0.54) (0. 71) (1.01) (0.63) 13. Lungs— Chronic Bronchitis 10 10 — 2 — 2 — — 10 14 Suspected Tubercu- losis 1 3 — 2 2 — — — 3 5 Other Diseases 20 10 4 4 6 4 — — 30 18 Totals 31 23 4 8 8 6 — — 43 37 % (3.33) (0.93) (1.10) (1.87)