[Report 1940] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge.

  • Cambridge (England). Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The fluctuations in the routine groups from 1933 shown beiow :— 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Entrants 703 676 790 723 860 702 548 561 Intermediates 699 661 651 722 693 725 560 808 Leavers 788 746 723 824 832 604 130 930 Totals ... 2190 2083 2164 2269 2459 2111 1299 2299 Review of the Facts Disclosed by Inspection. The total number of “ defects ” found at “ routine ” and “ special ” inspections to require treatment was 2,334, and the number requiring to be kept under observation was 1,526. The number of individual children ” found at routine inspection to require treatment shows an increase from 336 in 1939 to 459 in 1940, and was 20 per cent of the children examined in the three routine groups. This figure is exclusive of uncleanliness and dental disease, but includes children found to require treatment on account of their defective nutri- tional condition. Among the “ entrants ” the percentage requiring treatment was II.2, and among the “intermediates” and “leavers,” 22.6 and 22.1 per cent. The total number of children with no defects was 1,113. or 48.4 per cent, of the number examined at routine medical inspection. In 1939 the percentage was 25.3. Before making any comparison of the percentage of defects in the three age groups, it should be borne in mind that the vision of “ entrants ” is not tested. Boys. Age in Years. No. Examin- ed in 1940. irerage Height in Inch< 3S. Average \ f Veight in Pounds. f 1912 1937 1938 1939 1940 1912 1937 1938 -939 1940 5 8 12 175 410 289 40.5 46.4 54-9 1 43-i8 43.35 49-4.5 49-76 57.27 57.24 43-19 50.04 56.99 42.85 49-57 57-09 38.2 47.6 72.9 42.34 57-48 81.56 42.29 57-58 81.28 41-73 57-54 bo.8i 42.05 58.81 81.07