[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

Burnley (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1925

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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Table shewing Physical Condition of Children Examined—-(cont). IM.EME NTARY ScHOOI ■S. Disease or Defect. En- trants Inter- meUiates Leavers other Ages Specials ary Pupils Total Heart and Circulation. Meart Disease : Organic ... 13 17 15 3 1) 54 Functional 32 40 35 2 2 16 127 Aniemia 3!) 42 51 1 2 25 160 Lungs— Bronchitis ... 54 8 1 — 2 — 65 Bronchial Catarrh ... 13 4 — — — 12 29 Pleurisy 1 — — — — — 1 Tuberculosis— Pulmonary; Deftnite — _ _ - Suspected ... 8 10 7 3 — _ 28 Non-Puhnonarv : Glands... — 1 — 1 1 3 Spine ... — — — — — — Skin — — 1 — — — 1 Abdomen — — — — — — — Nervous System— Epilepsy — — — — — — — Chorea ■ 5 5 — 3 2 15 Other Conditions— Hesitation Stammer 5 4 3 ■—■ — — 12 Habit Spasm 1 1 1 — — — 3 Deformities— Rickets 15 2 0 ■—• — — 23 Spinal Curvature ... fl 3 1 1 — 3 14 Other Forms— Hammer Toes — — — — — 1 1 Knock Knee 1 — 2 — — — 3 Bow Legs ... 1 — — 1 — — 2 Torticollis ... 4 4 3 — — 2 13 Deformed Chest ... 1 2 4 1 — 3 11 Infantile Paralysis .. 1 1 — — — — 2 Deflected Septum ... — — 3 — — — 3 Cleft Palate .. 2 — — — — 2 Flat Foot ... —• 1 1 — 1 2 5 1 Clubbed Fingers ... — — ■ — — 1 Other Defects and Diseases— Debility 39 17 11 2 3 5 77 Phimosis 16 — — — — — 10 Enlarged Thyroid and Goitre 1 4 23 — 1 17 40 Cyst .. 5 — 1 — — — 0 Hernia 21 — 3 — — — 24 Mastitis — — 1 — — — 1 Jaundice — — 1 — 1 — 1 Backward ... 1 — __ 3 10 Undersized... 2 3 5 — — — Alveolar Absce.ss ... 40 13 3 — 1 — 57 1 1 Desquamation 1 — — — — Gastritis 1 — — ' ““ Constipation 18 6 20 — 1 11 50 Diarrhoea ... 2 — *■” ' 12 1 Vesical Incontinence 7 4 1 —- — — Obesity 3 M 1 — “““ — Thread Worms .., — '■ ' ■“ ~ 0 1 1 1 1 8 Marasmus ... — 1 — — — — Stomatitis ... — 1 — Ecchymosis .. — 1 ““ 1 Ganglion — ' 1 Diphtheria ... 2 1 5 Chicken Pox 0 Mea.slcs 4 1 — —— 5 Whooping Cough ... 2 5 63 1 Miscellaneous 33 1 18 Not yet Diagnosed .. — ■ ■ Totals 1,383 1,089 1,112 70 286 499 4,439 No. of individual children having defects ... 906 (567 655 48 255 337 2,969