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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following table shows the types of physical defect, the number of children in each category, and the progress recorded in the cases of 153 children subjected to medical survey by Dr. F. W. Gavin (Deputy School Medical Officer) during the year.
| Improved. | Stationary. | Worse. | No Data. | Died. | Total. | |
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| 2 | — | — | ||||
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| 1 | — | — | — | |||
| — | 5 | — | ||||
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Number of children improved 99 (64.70%)
Number of children stationary 24 (15.68%)
Number of children worse 8 (5.22%)
Observations by Dr. F. W. Gavin.
This table is compiled from the results of medical re-inspections
of the physically defective children who attended the open air
school during the year 1935. Under the heading " No data,"
children admitted to the school since September 30th, 1935, and
children absent for re-inspection are included, as well as children
who left the district before re-inspection. On comparing the figures
with those for the year 1934 a striking feature is the decline in the
number of crippled children (orthopaedic, cases) at Knotts Green
from 30 in 1934 to 22 in 1935.
Cardiac cripples and cases of crippling due to quiescent or
arrested tuberculosis are included in the sections labelled "Rheumatism,"
"Congenital Heart Disease" and "Quiescent or Arrested
Tuberculosis " respectively.
The Rheumatism group was the largest—again, as in 1934, 16
improved out of 31.