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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 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE IV.—T reatment of D efects of C hildren during 1918.

TABLE IV.—T reatment of D efects of C hildren during 1918.

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 nut treated.Percentage of defects treated.
From previous year.New.Total.Remedied.Improved.Unchanged.
Clothing----------
Footgear---------
Cleanliness of Head29366395—39536035——100.0
Cleanliness of Body121426125241——96.1
Nutrition1511611349—281.2
Nose and Throat2674276949024020034636434.5
External Eye Disease221251475141120174195.9
Ear Disease13657847358123193.5
Teeth----------
Heart and Circu ation5488142281034444151172.5
Lungs174360654251613—90.0
Nervous System12273983011154177 0
Skin1228971019610139415913—99.4
Rickets—11—1—1——100.0
Deformities213—————30
Tuberculosis — Non-Pulmonary31114—14347—100.0
Speech751227322358.3
Mental Condition224163537—13242158.7
Vision and Squint33846280041615430218314477.0
Hearing3233654534553881.5
Miscellaneous282232514245219224297.6
Totals9952,8303,8252053,0592,48729128156180.0