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 | 1190 | 1116 | 2312 | 95.1 |
Organic disease | 34 | 28 | 62 | 2.5 | |
Functional disease | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0.9 | |
Anaemia | 20 | 13 | 33 | 1.3 | |
Lungs | No disease | 1216 | 1127 | 2343 | 96.3 |
Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh | 41 | 31 | 72 | 2.9 | |
Tuberculosis | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.45 | |
Tuberculosis suspected | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.1 | |
Other disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Nervous System | No disease | 1257 | 1166 | 2423 | 99.6 |
Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.1 | |
Chorea | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.1 | |
Other disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Skin | No disease | 1230 | 1145 | 2375 | 97.6 |
Ringworm Body Head | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | |
3 | 3 | 6 | 0.2 | ||
Impetigo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Scabies | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.16 | |
Other disease | 23 | 20 | 43 | 1.7 | |
Rickets | No disease | 1244 | 1163 | 2407 | 99.0 |
Rickets slight | 9 | a | 14 | 0.5 | |
Rickets marked | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.4 | |
Deformities | No disease | 1238 | 1160 | 2398 | 98.6 |
Deformities present | 23 | 10 | 33 | 1.3 | |
Tuberculosis Non-Pulmonary | No disease | 1253 | 1166 | 2419 | 99.5 |
Glandular | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.4 | |
Bones and Joints | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Other forms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Speech | No defect | 1286 | |||
Defective articulation | 22 | ||||
Stammering | 3 | ||||
Mental Condition | Normal | 1252 | 1167 | 2419 | 99.5 |
Dull or Backward | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.4 | |
Mentally Defective | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | |
Infectious Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | |
Other Conditions | 28 | 23 | 51 | 2.09 |