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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Condition. | Entrants. | ||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per Cent. | ||
Heart and Circulation | No disease | 1148 | 1107 | 2255 | 96.9 |
Organic disease | 18 | 16 | 34 | 1.4 | |
Functional disease | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0.2 | |
Anaemia | 10 | 15 | 31 | 1.3 | |
Lungs | No disease | 1022 | 996 | 2018 | 86.7 |
Chronic Bronchitis and | 159 | 142 | 301 | 12.4 | |
Bronchial Catarrh Tuberculosis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Tuberculosis suspected | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.1 | |
Other disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Nervous System | No disease | 1180 | 1141 | ||
Epilepsy | 3 | 0 | |||
Chorea | 0 | 0 | |||
Other disease | 2 | 0 | |||
Skin | No disease | 1154 | 1124 | 2278 | 97.9 |
Ringworm Body | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Head | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.3 | |
Impetigo | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.3 | |
Scabies | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Other disease | 18 | 11 | 29 | 1.2 | |
Rickets | No disease | 1135 | 1104 | 2239 | 96.2 |
Rickets present | 50 | 37 | 87 | 3.7 | |
Deformities | No disease | 1151 | 1121 | 2272 | 97.6 |
Deformities present | 34 | 20 | 54 | 2.3 | |
Tuberculosis Non.Pulmonary | No disease | 1185 | 1140 | 2325 | 99.9 |
Glandular | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | |
Bones and Joints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Other affections | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Speech | No defect | 1148 | 1124 | 2272 | 97.6 |
Defective articulation | 34 | 16 | 50 | 2.1 | |
Stammering | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 | |
Mental Condition | Normal | 1161 | 1120 | 2281 | 98.06 |
Dull or Backward | 22 | 21 | 43 | 1.8 | |
Mentally Defective | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Infectious Diseases Other Conditions | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.25 | |
37 | 45 | 82 | 3.9 |