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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
Chiswick 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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TABLE V.
Children aged 7 and 8 year.
| Children Aged 7. All Schools. | Children Aged 8. Belmont School. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEFECTS FOUND. | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Clothing and Footgear | Poor | ... | 1 | 3 | ... |
| Fair | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
| Nutrition | Fair | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Poor | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Cleanliness | Head | ... | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Body | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| Teeth | 7 | 11 | 17 | 17 | |
| Enlarged Tonsils | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Adenoids | 3 | 2 | 4 | i' | |
| Enlarged Glands | 3 | ... | 1 | 2. | |
| Ext. Eye Disease | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Defective Vision | Not examined | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ear Disease | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Hearing | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Disease of Heart | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Lungs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| „ Nervous System | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Tuberculosis | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Rickets | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Deformities, etc. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Infectious or Contagious Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Diseases | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | |
| Total Examined | 17 | 19 | 40 | 31 | |