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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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THROAT AND NOSE.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Satisfactory | 140 | 109 | 829 | 719 | 58 | 33 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Unsatisfactory | 15 | 29 | 213 | 161 | 11 | 8 | — | — | |
* Slightly Enlarged Cervical Glands, 196; Enlarged Cervical Glands,
30; Slightly Enlarged Tonsils, 103 Enlarged Tonsils requiring treatment,
89; Enlarged Submaxillary Glands, 3; Enlarged Sublingual Gland, 1;
Enlarged Submental Gland, 1; Post-nasal Catarrh, 15; Adenoids and
Mouth Breathing, 12; Spur of Nasal Septum, 2; Deviation of Nasal Septum,
1 ; Rhinorrhœa, 3; Tonsillitis, 4; Tonsillar Cyst, 1.
EXTERNAL EYE DISEASES.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Satisfactory | 152 | 136 | 1,033 | 868 | 68 | 41 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Unsatisfactory | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | |
* Blepharitis, 7; Squint, 15; Corneal Opacity, 1; Conjunctivitis, 1;
Interstitial Reratitis, 2; Ptosis of Eyelid, 1.
VISION.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Satisfactory | 128 | 120 | 844 | 705 | 59 | 34 | 1 | 2 | |
| Unsatisfactory | 27 | 18 | 198 | 175 | 10 | 7 | 1 | — | |
EAR DISEASES.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Satisfactory | 148 | 135 | 1,021 | 861 | 68 | 39 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Unsatisfactory | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
* Otorrhœa.