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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HEARING.
Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys | Girls. | ||
Satisfactory | 149 | 133 | 1,001 | 852 | 65 | 38 | 2 | 2 | |
Unsatisfactory | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
SPEECH.
Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14 15 | 15-16 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
Satisfactory | 152 | 138 | 1,025 | 880 | 68 | 41 | 2 | 1 | |
Unsatisfactory | 3 | - | 17 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
MENTAL.
Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
Satisfactory | 116 | 95 | 796 | 711 | 63 | 39 | 1 | 2 | |
* Unsatisfactory | 39 | 43 | 246 | 169 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — |
* Mental Defect, 25. The others were backward, having failed to pass
the fifth standard.
HEART AND CIRCULATION.
Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
Satisfactory | 153 | 136 | 1,032 | 855 | 68 | 38 | 2 | 2 | |
* Unsatisfactory | 2 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
* Mitral Regurgitation, 36; Congenital Heart Defect, 3; Mitral Obstruction
and Regurgitation, 1; Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation, 1; Aortic
Incompetence, 1; Bruit de Galop, 1.
LUNGS.
Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls | ||
Satisfactory | 151 | 134 | 1,021 | 859 | 67 | 40 | 1 | 2 | |
* Unsatisfactory | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
* Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh.