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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
Ilford 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.—RETURN SHOWING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED.
| Condition. | Entrants. | Leavers. | Intermediate Group. | Total. | Special Cases. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | ||
| External eye disease | No disease | 975 | 921 | 1896 | 99.01 | 524 | 567 | 1091 | 98.82 | 142 | 132 | 274 | 97.86 | 1641 | 1620 | 3261 | 98.85 | 20 | 39 | 59 |
| Blepharitis | 6 | 3 | 9 | .47 | 3 | 5 | 8 | .72 | … | … | … | … | 9 | 8 | 17 | .52 | 1 | … | 1 | |
| Conjunctivitis | … | 2 | 2 | .10 | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | .36 | … | 3 | 3 | .09 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Corneal opacities | … | 2 | 2 | .10 | 1 | … | 1 | .09 | 2 | … | 2 | .71 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .15 | … | … | … | |
| Other disease | 3 | 3 | 6 | .31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.07 | 5 | 8 | 13 | .39 | … | … | … | |
| Ear disease | No disease | 973 | 917 | 1890 | 98.69 | 525 | 565 | 1090 | 98.73 | 142 | 129 | 271 | 96.79 | 1640 | 1611 | 3251 | 98.56 | 22 | 35 | 57 |
| Obstruction: Right | 4 | 5 | 9 | .47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .71 | 6 | 7 | 13 | .39 | … | 1 | 1 | |
| Obstruction: Left | 3 | 5 | 8 | .42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .71 | 5 | 7 | 12 | .36 | … | I | 1 | |
| Otorrhoea: Right | 1 | 2 | 3 | .16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .45 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.07 | 3 | 8 | 11 | .33 | … | 2 | 2 | |
| Otorrhoea: Left | 3 | 2 | 5 | .26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .45 | … | 2 | 2 | .71 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .36 | … | 1 | 1 | |
| Other disease | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| Teeth | Sound | 187 | 179 | 366 | 19.11 | 159 | 186 | 345 | 31.25 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 20.71 | 371 | 398 | 769 | 23.31 | 21 | 39 | 00 |
| Less than tour decayed | 494 | 515 | 1009 | 52.87 | 307 | 332 | 639 | 57.88 | 91 | 70 | 161 | 57.50 | 892 | 917 | 1809 | 54.83 | … | … | … | |
| Four or more decayed | 303 | 237 | 540 | 28.02 | 63 | 57 | 120 | 10.87 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 21.79 | 395 | 326 | 721 | 21.86 | … | … | … | |
| Sepsis | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heart and circulation | No disease | 970 | 918 | 1888 | 98.59 | 520 | 565 | 108…5 | 98.28 | 143 | 133 | 276 | 98.57 | 1633 | 1616 | 3249 | 98.49 | 22 | … | 1 |
| Organic disease | 6 | 4 | 10 | .52 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .54 | … | 2 | 2 | .71 | 9 | 9 | 18 | .54 | … | 1 | 1 | |
| Functional disease | 4 | … | 4 | .21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .18 | … | … | … | … | 5 | 1 | 6 | .18 | … | … | … | |
| Anaemia | 4 | 6 | 10 | .52 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1.00 | 1 | … | 1 | .36 | 10 | 12 | 22 | .67 | … | … | … | |
| Other defect | … | 3 | 3 | .16 | … | … | … | … | 1 | … | 1 | .36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .12 | … | … | … | |
| Lungs | No disease | 902 | 920 | 1882 | 98.28 | 524 | 570 | 1094 | 99.10 | 143 | 134 | 277 | 98.93 | 1629 | 1624 | 3253 | 98.61 | 21 | 39 | 60 |
| Chronic bronchitis and bronchial catarrh | 21 | 10 | 31 | 1.62 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .36 | 1 | … | 1 | .36 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 1.09 | … | … | … | |
| Tuberculosis | … | … | … | … | 2 | … | 2 | .18 | … | … | …… | … | 2 | … | 2 | .06 | … | … | … | |