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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 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
591
420
168
211
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
10
4
2
4
—
—
*Hip Joint Disease, 2; Tubercular Knee, 3; Tubercular Ankle, 1;
Tubercular Glands, 14.
RICKETS.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
598
424
170
214
3
4
Unsatisfactory
—
3
—
—
1
—
—
DEFORMITIES.
Age 12-13
. Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
587
421
169
207
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
14
3
1
8
—
—
*Pigeon Chest, 11; Spinal Curvature, 14; Rupture, 2.
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
598
423
167
215
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
3
1
3
—
—
—
*Ringworm, 4; Itch, 3.
OTHER DISEASES OR DEFECTS.
Age 12-13.
Age 13-14.
Age 14-15.
Age 15-16.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Boys.
Girls.
Satisfactory
3
509
423
166
213
3
4
*Unsatisfactory
—
2
1
4
2
—
—
*Syphilis, 1; Eneuresis, 5; Cleft Palate, 1; Blindness of an Eye, 2.