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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Total, 1,387 Boys, 695; Girls, 692. | |||||||||
| Boys : 5 to 6 years of age, number examined | 534 | 695 | 1387 | ||||||
| „ 6to 7 „ | 161 | ||||||||
| Girls: 5 to 6 „ „ „ | 516 | 692 | |||||||
| 6 to 7 „ „ „ | 166 | ||||||||
| Average Age | Children in Family. | Tuber culosis in Family | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | ||
| Boys | 56 | 5 6/12 | 4.0 | 22 | 414 | 266 | 189 | 37 | 13 |
| 6.7 | 6 * | 4.3 | 12 | 118 | 78 | 61 | 13 | 8 | |
| Girls | 5.6 | 5 6/12 | 4.2 | 24 | 428 | 281 | 227 | 39 | 6 |
| 6.7 | 3.7 | 7 | 130 | 89 | 66 | 13 | 3 | ||
In addition to the above, the past history of the following
illnesses and operations occurred with the noted frequency:—
Boys.—Operation for Rupture, 4; Operation for Tonsils and
Adenoids, 36; Operation for Peritonitis, 1; Operation for Tubercular
Glands, 2; Mastoid Operation, 1; Circumcision, 12; Ringworm,
5; Mumps, 9; Pleurisy and Pneumonia, 24; Enteric
Fever, 1; German Measles, 1; Eczema, 4; Meningitis, 2; Fits, 2;
Tubercular Bone. 1; Spinal Curvature, 2; " Consumption of
Bowels," 1; Tubercular Peritonitis, 1; Tubercular Meningitis, 1;
Rickets, 1; Tonsillitis, 5.