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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
Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE XXI.
CHEST MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETRES.
| Age. | Chest Expanded. | Chest Contracted. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean. | Probable error. | Standard Deviation. | Mean. | Probable error. | Standard Deviation. | |
| + | + | |||||
| Boys— | - | - | ||||
| 5 | 56.94 | .06 | 2.35 | 52.03 | .06 | 2.02 |
| 6 | 58.28 | .14 | 2.82 | 52.72 | .11 | 2.26 |
| 10 | 66.87 | .08 | 2.87 | 59.13 | .07 | 2.58 |
| 13 | 72.33 | .09 | 3.53 | 64.04 | .09 | 3.30 |
| Girls— | ||||||
| 5 | 56.27 | .07 | 2.50 | 50.94 | .06 | 2.18 |
| 6 | 57.60 | .12 | 2.70 | 51.83 | .11 | 2.47 |
| 10 | 64.87 | .11 | 3.33 | 57.13 | .10 | 3.10 |
| 13 | 73.58 | .14 | 4.70 | 65.42 | .14 | 4.62 |
TABLE XXII.
AVERAGE WEIGHT, HEIGHT AND CHEST MEASUREMENTS IN ENGLISH MEASURES.
| Age. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight lbs. | Height in. | Chest Measurement. | Weight lbs. | Height in. | Chest Measurement. | |||
| Expanded in. | Contracted in. | Expanded in. | Contracted in. | |||||
| 5 | 38.2 | 40.6 | 22.4 | 20.4 | 37.6 | 40.4 | 22.1 | 20.0 |
| 6 | 41.2 | 42.6 | 23.3 | 20.7 | 40.3 | 41.8 | 22.7 | 20.4 |
| 7 | 43.9 | 43.6 | - | — | 42.3 | 43.6 | — | — |
| 8 | - | - | - | - | 56.1 | 48.7 | _ | — |
| 9 | 47.5 | 47.7 | - | - | 57.1 | 49.7 | — | — |
| 10 | 60.3 | 50.5 | 26.3 | 23.2 | 58.2 | 50.3 | 25.5 | .22.4 |
| 11 | 64.0 | 51.6 | - | - | 68.3 | 54.2 | — | _ |
| 12 | 73.8 | 53.8 | - | - | 76.0 | 54.9 | — | |
| 13 | 78.5 | 56.0 | 28.4 | 25.2 | 81.6 | 57.4 | 28.9 | 25.6 |
Skin and Scalp.
RINGWORM.—Of the children inspected, 17 had ringworm of the
scalp, 12 boys and 5 girls, being 0.5 and 0.3 per cent. respectively. Three
of these children, however, were absent from school, but were brought by
their parents for medical inspection. The others were attending school,
Four children had ringworm of the skin, one being absent from school.
The total number of children excluded during the year for this
cause was 110. The period of absence for this disease, when affecting
the scalp, is very prolonged, always several months, sometimes as much as
two years. This prolonged absence is very deplorable from the child.s
point of view, often being at a time when education is most important,