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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1914.

TABLE IV.—Treatment of Defects of Children during 1914.

Condition.No. of defects found for which Treatment was considered necessary.No. of defects for which no report is available.No. of defects treated.Results of Treatment.No. of defects not treated.Percentage of defects treated.
Old Cases.New Cases.Total.RemediedImproved.Unchanged.
Enlarged Tonsils5447101174127864340.6
Adenoids944213629623911124545.6
Glandular Affections347321—1228.6
Ear Disease71421351311323.8
Teeth1334471411652223.4
Heart42327103211411.1
Lungs1251727232841.2
Skin—771541—171.4
Deformities437211——414.3
Vision132265397125218202.3135454.9
Hearing74047112271411446.8
Miscellaneous87158431—326.7
Totals3384918292253812935137223