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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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SPEECH.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
941
932
43
20
1
Unsatisfactory
26
15
-
1
-
MENTAL CONDITION.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
924
905
31
17
1
* Unsatisfactory
43
42
12
4
-
* Nine were considered Defective; the remainder were backward.
HEART AND CIRCULATION.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
950
928
43
21
1
* Unsatisfactory
17
19
-
-
-
* Aortic Murmur, 1; Double Mitral, 1; Irregularity, 1; the rest Mitral
Regurgitation, some probably functional.
LUNGS.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
932
914
39
18
1
* Unsatisfactory
35
33
4
3
-
* Tuberculosis of Lungs 8; the remainder Bronchitis.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
961
940
42
21
1
* Unsatisfactory
6
7
1
-
-
* Including Epilepsy, 7; Infantile Paralysis, 3; Paralysis of Arm, 1;
Chorea, 2 ; Hemiplegia, 1.