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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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150
SPEECH.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls
Satisfactory
3
593
421
169
215
2
4
Unsatisfactory
—
8
3
1
—
1
—
MENTAL.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
488
345
156
197
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
113
79
14
18
—
—
*Defective, 18; the remainder backward.
HEART AND CIRCULATION.
Age 12-13
. Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
597
412
167
207
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
4
12
3
8
—
—
*Irregularity of Heart, 2; Aortic Disease, 2; Mitral. Murmur, 23.
LUNGS.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
593
415
167
211
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
8
9
3
4
—
—
*Tubercular Lungs, 11; Atelectasis, 1; Asthma, 1; the rest Bronchitis.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls
Satisfactory
3
598
424
170
215
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
*Epilepsy, 1; Congenital Paralysis, 1; Paralysis of Arm, 1.