Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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SPEECH.
Age 5-6. | Age 6-7. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
Satisfactory | 501 | 504 | 157 | 162 |
Unsatisfactory | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 |
HEART.
Age | 5-6. | Age | 6-7. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
Satisfactory | 530 | 524 | 160 | 166 |
Unsatisfactory | 4 | 2 | 1 | — |
Aortic Obstruction, 1; Congenital Heart Defect, 1; Irregularity of
Heart s Action, 1; Mitral Regurgitation, 4.
LUNGS.
Age 5-6. | Age 6-7. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
Satisfactory | 471 | 471 | 139 | 156 |
* Unsatisfactory | 63 | 55 | 22 | 10 |
* Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh. |
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Age 5-6. | Age 6-7. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
Satisfactory | 533 | 525 | 161 | 166 |
* Unsatisfactory | 1 | 1 | — | — |
* Epilepsy, 1; Infantile Paralysis, 1. |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Age 5-6. | Age 6-7. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
Satisfactory | 533 | 524 | 159 | 164 |
* Unsatisfactory | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
* Tuberculosis of Lung. |