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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
Barking 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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COMPARISON BETWEEN ENTRANTS AND LEAVERS FOR FIVE TEARS.
| Year of Inspection. | Departments. | Number Examined. | Average Height. | . Average Weight. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness, &c. | Teeth. | Nose and Throat. Adenoids & Glands of Neck. | Tonsils. | Eternal Eye disease. | Vision. | Ear Disease. | Hearing. | Deformities. Due to Rickets, Spinal Disorders, &c. | Rickets. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head. | Body. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad. | Per Cent. | Unclean. | Per Cent. | Unclean. | Per Cent. | Defective, | Per Cent. | Obstruction, &c. | Per Cent, | Enlarged. | Per Cent. | Present. | Per Cent, | Abnormal. | Per Cent. | Discharge. | Per Cent. | Defective. | Per Cent. | Present. | Per Cent. | Present. | Per Cent. | |||||
| 1908 | Infants | 949 | 41.12 | 38.1 | 316 | 33.29 | 150 | 15.8 | 83 | 8.7 | 322 | 33.9 | 201 | 21.1 | 225 | 23.7 | 32 | 3.3 | – | – | 28 | 2.9 | 35 | 3.6 | 22 | 2.3 | 251 | 26.4 |
| 1909 | „ | 562 | 40.75 | 37.08 | 96 | 17.0 | 66 | 11.7 | 33 | 5.8 | 118 | 20.9 | 110 | 19.5 | 88 | 15.6 | 11 | 1.9 | – | – | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.88 | 4 | 0.71 | – | – |
| 1910 | „ | 225 | 40.64 | 36.6 | 53 | 23.5 | 45 | 20.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 70 | 31.1 | 69 | 30.6 | 22 | 9.7 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1.8 | 5 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 7 | 3.1 |
| 1911 | „ | 509 | 40.75 | 39.28 | 72 | 16.1 | 76 | 12.9 | 6 | 1.2 | 149 | 29.0 | 184 | 36.0 | 49 | 9.6 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | – | 14 | 2.8 | 3 | 0.6 | 24 | 4.8 | 4 | 0.8 |
| 1912 | „ | 549 | 41.25 | 37.53 | 115 | 20.9 | 88 | 16.03 | 1 | 0.2 | 163 | 29.7 | 180 | 32.7 | 68 | 12.4 | 9 | 1.6 | – | – | 9 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.72 | 2 | 0.3 | 13 | 2.3 |
| 1908 | Girls | 197 | 54.58 | 72.2 | 42 | 21.3 | 48 | 24.3 | 9 | 4.5 | 116 | 58.8 | 35 | 17.7 | 51 | 25.8 | 10 | 5.0 | 53 | 26.8 | 9 | 4.5 | 19 | 9.6 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 1909 | „ | 289 | 56.33 | 75.55 | 40 | 13.8 | 87 | 30.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 155 | 53.6 | 32 | 11.0 | 42 | 14.5 | 7 | 2.3 | 43 | 14.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 12 | 4.08 | 3 | 0.11 | – | – |
| 1910 | „ | 259 | 56.6 | 76.03 | 98 | 37.8 | 119 | 45.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 131 | 50.5 | 34 | 13.1 | 17 | 6.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 23 | 8.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.4 |
| 1911 | „ | 241 | 55.68 | 74.53 | 79 | 32.7 | 96 | 39.8 | – | – | 98 | 40.6 | 63 | 26.1 | 26 | 10.8 | 1 | 0.42 | 73 | 30.1 | 4 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.46 | 1 | 0.4 | – | – |
| 1912 | „ | 262 | 56.42 | 75.76 | 48 | 18.4 | 110 | 42.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 130 | 49.8 | 83 | 31.6 | 12 | 4.6 | 1 | .4 | 41 | 15.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 6 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.8 |
| 1908 | Boys | 140 | 55.50 | 74.5 | 24 | 18.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 77 | 55.0 | 12 | 8.5 | 28 | 20.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 29 | 20.7 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 15 | 10.6 |
| 1909 | „ | 487 | 56.28 | 77.90 | 72 | 14.7 | 18 | 3.6 | 27 | 5.5 | 172 | 35.3 | 49 | 10.0 | 64 | 13.1 | 2 | .04 | 46 | 9.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 12 | 2.4 | – | – | – | – |
| 1910 | „ | 286 | 57.31 | 75.12 | 126 | 44.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.6 | 178 | 62.0 | 57 | 19.9 | 15 | 5.3 | – | – | 37 | 12.5 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.08 |
| 1911 | „ | 252 | 55 70 | 75.76 | 93 | 36.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 98 | 38.8 | 118 | 46.8 | 14 | 5.6 | 3 | 1.2 | 61 | 24.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 6 | 2.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.8 |
| 1912 | „ | 343 | 55.42 | 74.60 | 84 | 24.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 149 | 43.4 | 80 | 23.3 | 14 | 4.09 | – | – | 37 | 10.8 | – | – | 9 | 2.6 | 4 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.7 |