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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Condition. | Entrants. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per Cent. | ||
| Heart and Circulation | No disease | 1056 | 934 | 1990 | 93.95 |
| Organic disease | 21 | 25 | 46 | 2.17 | |
| Functional disease | 8 | 15 | 23 | 1.09 | |
| Anaemia | 39 | 20 | 59 | 2.78 | |
| Lungs | No disease | 1043 | 912 | 1955 | 92.30 |
| Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh | 80 | 80 | 160 | 7.55 | |
| T uberculosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Tuberculosis suspected | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.14 | |
| Other disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Nervous System | No disease | 1124 | 992 | 2116 | 99.90 |
| Epilepsy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.09 | |
| Chorea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Other disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Skin | No disease | 1103 | 983 | 2086 | 98.49 |
| Ringworm Body | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Head | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.23 | |
| Impetigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Scabies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | |
| Other disease | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1.23 | |
| Rickets | No disease | 1087 | 969 | 2056 | 97.07 |
| Rickets present | 37 | 25 | 62 | 2.93 | |
| Deformities | No deformity | 1105 | 984 | 2089 | 98.63 |
| Deformity present | 19 | 10 | 29 | 1.07 | |
| Tuberculosis Non-Pulmonary | No disease | 1120 | 992 | 2112 | 99.71 |
| Glandular | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | |
| Bones and Joints | 0.19 | ||||
| Other forms | 1 | 0 | 0.05 | ||
| Speech | Not defective | 1111 | 985 | 2096 | 98.96 |
| Defective articulation | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0.99 | |
| Stammering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | |
| Mental Condition | Normal | 1104 | 985 | 2089 | 98.63 |
| Dull or Backward | 17 | 8 | 25 | 1.18 | |
| Mentally Defective | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.19 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | |
| Other Conditions | 10 | 15 | 25 | ...... | |