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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Boys :
508 were Satisfactory.
6 „ Unsatisfactory.
Girls :
524 were Satisfactory.
7 „ Unsatisfactory.
Unsatisfactory cases had some unmistakable tubercular Lesion
of Joints, Glands or Bone. There were no instances of tubercular
disease of the lung in infants.
RICKETS.
501 boys showed no evidence of rickets.
13 ,, ,, some ,, ,,
525 girls „ no „ „ „
6 ,, >t some ,, ,, ,,
DEFORMITIES.
Boys : 514 were not delormed.
2 were deformed.
No girls were deformed.
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
Boys :
505 were Satisfactory.
9 „ Unsatisfactory.
Girls:
531 were Satisfactory.
1 was Unsatisfactory.
Unsatisfactory cases were cases of Ringworm or Impetigo
Contagiosa.