Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statement showing the details of defects found on Medical Inspection of Schools, 1936-37. No. Defective. ---- -- Total defec- — -- 6 Systems or Diseases. Entrants. Regulars. tive of boys Organs. and girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. 1 Ear. 1. Otorrhoea •••! 1 80 25 137 1 38 280 2. Otitis 16 12 23 8 59 3. Other ear diseases 19 4 11 • . - 34 4. Defective hearing ... 2 8 2 12 2 Speech 1. Stammering 6 1 17_ 2 26 2. Lisping 4 • • • 1 • 4 4 5 3. Dumb • • • • • • • • • 1 1 3 Heart and 1. Heart Disease (a) Organic ... 16 2 29 5 52 Circulation. (b) Functional 10 • • • 30 4 4 4 40 2. Anaemia 28 5 25 11 69 3. Other conditions 7 Ml 11 1 * •+ ! 4 4 4 18 4 Lungs. 1. Bronchitis (acute and chronic) ... 128 40 Ji07 39 314 2. Other non-tubercular diseases (asthma, etc.) 7 4 9 3 23 5 Tuberculosis. 1. Pulmonary (a) Definite 3 i *• 4 4 4 4 i 7 (b) Suspected 1 1 8 4 14 2. Non-Pulmonary (a) Glands 3 m 2 2 7 (b) Spine • • • • • • ... • • • 4 00 , (c) Hip • • • • • • • • * • t » (d)Bones &Joints 1 • • • 000 * • 1 (e) Skin • .• • 0 4* 4 4 4 l' • 44 (f) Other forms 1 • • • • * • 4 4 4 1 6 Abdominal * “ r' 1. Enlarged Spleen 42 ll 55 10 118 Organs. 2. „ Liver 6 • • • 2 4 4 4 8 “3. ,, Liver and Spleen • • • • • • 2 2 4 4. Hydrocele (a) Vaginal 16 • • • 11 • • • 27 (b) Cord 6 •»• 4 • • • 10 (c) Infantile • • • • • • • c 0 0 4 i 4 4 4 5. Hernia (a) Inguinal 21 • • • 24 ► 45 (b) Umbilical 5 • • • 8 1 14 (c) Femoral • • • • • • 4 4 4 4 44 6 Stomach condiiicns 5 6 9 5 25 7. Bowd conditions 1<> 8 21 7 46 8. Other conditions 13 % • • 17 4 4 4 30 9. Generative disorders in girls • • • • • • • • • ... 040 7 Bones and 1. Bones (a) Fractures 1 1 • • • • • 4 2 Joints. (b) Caries • • • 000 • • • • 4 0 0 0 0 (c) Deformities ... 4 • • 1 3 4 8 (d) Diseases • • • 1 1 4 4 4 2 2. Joints (a) Dislocations & Sprains 1 • • • 1 t * 1 V (b) Diseases 3 • • • 1 0 4 4 4 (c) Deformities • • • Mf 1 1 3. Rickets(a) General 108 • • • 78 0 4 4 186 (b) Deformed chest 64 2 81 13 160 8 Nervous 1. Organic disease (Palsies etc.) 2 • • • 4 4 4 4 6 System. 2. Functional disorders 2 • • • 5 4 4 4 7 3. Other conditions 1 2 1 4 9 Psychic 1. Mentally defective « • • • 4 • 2 0 04 System.