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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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HEART AND CIRCULATION.
Boys :
507 showed no evidence of heart disease.
13 „ some ,, ,, ,, ,,
Girls:
515 showed no evidence of heart disease.
22 „ some „ „ „ „
LUNGS.
Boys :
490 were Satisfactory.
30 „ Unsatisfactory.
Girls :
518 were Satisfactory.
19 „ Unsatisfactory.
Only 5 or 6 cases of tubercular disease were found, the rest
the unsatisfactory cases were of Bronchial Catarrh.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Boys :
513 were Satisfactory.
7 „ Unsatisfactory.
Girls :
530 were Satisfactory.
7 „ Unsatisfactory.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Boys :
514 were Satisfactory.
6 „ Unsatisfactory.
Girls :
533 were Satisfactory.
4 „ Unsatisfactory.