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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

Erith 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: The following short table gives a short analysis of the principal defects:—

The following short table gives a short analysis of the principal defects:—

Entrants.Age 8.Age 11.Age 13.Total.
BoysGirlsTotalBoysGirlsTotalBoysGirlsTotalBoysGirlsTotalBoysGirlsTotal
Defective Teeth1741753492021853871401332731111312426276241251
Defective Sight—5551489954501044656102151159310
Tonsils and Adenoids941082021058318869531225971130327315642
Ear Disease———446———2244610
Other Defects201838172037930391617336285147
*Verminous Heads626322151774754—11111717116
Total number of Defects294332626379355734279313592234288522118812882476
* Includes cases in which nits alone were present.