Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Condition, Disease or Defect | Girls | Boys | Total | |||||||||||
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2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | L. | D. | |||||||
L. | D. | L. | D. | L. | D. | L. | D. | L. | D. | L. | D. | |||
3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | _ | 3 | 15 | _ | _ | 19 | 4 | |||
(b) Anorexia | 3 | 1 | 14 | _ | 5 | _ | 3 | 2 | 7 | _ | _ | 34 | 3 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | |
9 | 6 | 60 | 11 | 24 | — | 6 | 11 | 56 | 16 | 167 | 46 | |||
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— | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 6 | |
(b) Behaviour Symptoms | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 12 | 4 |
(a) Enuresis | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | _ | 6 | 4 | 24 | - | - | - | 47 | 14 |
2 | — | 10 | — | 4 | — | 1 | - | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | - | |
2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |
(a) Squint | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | —- | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | |
6 | — | 1 | _ | 8 | _ | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 21 | — | |
Rickets | 8 | 2 | 50 | — | 8 | _ | 17 | 3 | 58 | — | 6 | — | 147 | 5 |
Enlarged Glands | 13 | 3 | 45 | _ | 10 | _ | 18 | 3 | 67 | — | 8 | — | 161 | 6 |
Other diseases and defects | 4 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | _ | 11 | 9 | 39 | 9 | — | — | 74 | 39 |
Not vaccinated | 24 | 51 | 115 | 10 | 19 | _ | 22 | 50 | 96 | 4 | 11 | — | 287 | 115 |
No previous attendances at a Clinic | 37 | 34 | 159 | 19 | 10 | — | 52 | 55 | 174 | — | 10 | — | 442 | 108 |
Immunised against Diphtheria | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | — | 30 | 21 |