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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
Leyton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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School Children's Ailments.
| Heart Disease | 4 |
| Muscular Rheumatism | 2 |
| Injuries to Arms, &c. | 6 |
| Bronchitis and Influenza | 3 |
| Total | 583 |
The above is a complete list of the chief ailments from which
-children of the Schools suffered, who attended at the Town Hall.
In every case the sufferer was kept under weekly observation, until
1 could safely certify that they might mix again with the other
children at School.
MEASLES AND MUMPS.
These two ailments legan as usual about the month of
February, and were particularly rife throughout the spring. All
the Schools were more or less equally affected.
Table I.
Owing mainly to the very hot summer the Infantile mortality from Diarrhoea was more than twice as much as that of 1905.
| Deaths of Infants from Diarrhoea under 5 years of age. | |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 35 |
| 1902 | 45 |
| 1903 | 35 |
| 1904 | 180 |
| 1905 | 52 |
| 1906 | 116 |