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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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TUBERCULOSIS.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
961
940
42
20
1
* Unsatisfactory
16
7
1
1
-
* These were all Glandular cases; cases of Tuberculosis of Lungs
included under "Lungs."
RICKETS.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
963
945
39
19
1
Unsatisfactory
4
2
4
2
-
DEFORMITIES.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
954
940
43
21
1
* Unsatisfactory
13
7
-
-
-
* Pigeon Chest, 17; Harrison's Groove, 1; Spinal Curvature, 1; Deformity
of Hand, 1.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
951
937
42
21
1
* Unsatisfactory
16
10
1
-
-
* Impetigo Contagiosa, 5; Whooping Cough, 1; Ringworm, 16;
Scabies, 4; Diphtheria, 1.
OTHER DISEASES OR DEFECTS.
Age 7-8.
Age 8-9.
Age 9-10
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Girl.
Satisfactory
958
945
43
21
1
* Unsatisfactory
9
2
-
-
-
* Rupture, 10; Undescended Testis, 1.
The following were also noted but not classified:—Anæmia, 3;
Oxyuris Vermicularis, 5; Eneuresis, 8; Somnambulism, 1;
Fracture of Collar Bone, 1; Urethritis, 1.
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