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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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NUTRITION.
| Boys. | Girls. | |
|---|---|---|
| Good | 474 | 347 |
| Moderate | 132 | 177 |
| Subnormal | 92 | 136 |
According to the life tables the average height for children
aged seven years last birthday is 116.8 c.m., and weight 22.57 kilos,
giving an equivalent of 193 grammes per c.m. For the purposes
of this enquiry and for the same reasons set forth under "Infants,"
I adopted the standard 175 as likely to embrace all who could be
considered as well nourished, between 175 and 165 were considered
moderately nourished, and below 165 as subnormal.—(D. C.
Kirkhope.)
CLEANLINESS AND CONDITION OF SKIN.
| Boys. | Girls. | |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 626 | 501 |
| *Unsatisfactory | 72 | 159 |
* Some Nits, 128; Excluded with Nits, 18; Skin somewhat dirty, 38;
Skin dirty, 8; Flea-bitten, 49; Body Lice, 9; Xeroderma, 1; Herpes, 1;
Psoriasis, 2; Eczema, 4; Scurfy Scalp, Skin severely scratched, 1.
TEETH.
| Number of Carious Teeth. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Boys | 170 | 96 | 97 | 83 | 66 | 45 | 41 | 27 | 27 |
| Girls | 152 | 85 | 95 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 45 | 29 | 33 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Boys | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Girls | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | |
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