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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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NERVOUS DISEASES.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Satisfactory | 151 | 138 | 1,035 | 877 | 69 | 40 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Unsatisfactory | 4 | — | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | - | - | |
* Chorea, 4; Infantile Paralysis, 5; Epilepsy, 5; Facial Paralysis, 1.
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Satisfactory | 154 | 138 | 1,039 | 874 | 69 | 41 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Unsatisfactory | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | |
* Tuberculosis of Lung 10.
RICKETS.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| No Evidence | 155 | 138 | 1,042 | 879 | 69 | 41 | 2 | 2 | |
| Present | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
DEFORMITIES.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Absent | 155 | 137 | 1,035 | 871 | 69 | 39 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Present | — | 1 | 7 | 9 | — | 2 | — | — | |
* Pigeon Chest, 3; Spinal Curvature, 7; Talipes equinus, 1; Congenital
Dislocation of Hip, 3; Deformity of Foot, 1; Undescended Testis, 1; Cleft
Uvula, 1; Tracheal Warts, 1; Cleft Palate, 1.
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
| Age | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Absent | 154 | 138 | 1,035 | 873 | 69 | 41 | 2 | 2 | |
| * Present | 1 | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | |
* Scabies, 8; Ringworm, 5; Impetigo, 1; Diphtheria, 1.