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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
Willesden 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AT SPECIFIED AGES. Children Aged 10 Years.
BOYS—Number Examined, 839.
| Degree. | *Ref. No. of Note. | Attendance. | Clothing. | Footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Skin and Head. | Do. Body. | Mental Condition. | Vision—R. | Do. —L. | Tonsils. | Nose and Throat. | Adenoids. | Submax. and Cervical Glands | External Eye Disease. | Temp. Teeth defect. No., & No. of Children affected. | Perm. Teeth defect No., & No. of Children affected. | Ear Disease. | Hearing. | Speech. | Heart and Circulatory. | Lungs. | Nervous Diseases. | Tuberculosis. | Rickets. | Deformities, Spinal Dis., etc. | Infectious and Contagious Dis. | Other defects. | Tuberculosis in Family. | ||
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| 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cases | 755 | 516 | 567 | 228 | 722 | 730 | A. | R. | 528 | 514 | 144 | M.B. | 85 | 221 | S. | A. 368 | 30 | 29 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 564 | 560 | 56 | 15 | B. 478 | B 182 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percent. | 92.0 | 61.5 | 67.6 | 27.2 | 86.1 | 87.0 | 67.2 | 66.7 | 63.2 | 61.5 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 26.3 | 1.8 | C. 3.2 | C. 2.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | Cases | 46 | 292 | 234 | 498 | 2b | 106 | 97 | 255 | 260 | 236 | 252 | 90 | O.D. | O.D. | Combined | O. D | ||||||||||||||
| 100 | 103 | 13 | 608 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 3.6 | 34.8 | 27.9 | 59.3 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 28.2 | 30.1 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 72.4 | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cases | 20 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 72 | 70 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | R.I.C | R.I. | V. | V. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 84 | 56 | 36 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 10.0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | O.D. | O.D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 1.7 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GIRLS —Number Examined, 848. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cases | 707 | 586 | 591 | 581 | 791 | 796 | 583 | 566 | 434 | 436 | 141 | M . B. | 118 | 223 | S. | A. 1,458 | A. 383 | 11 | 35 | 19 | 79 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | ||
| 34 | 9 | B. 484 | B. 175 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 86.1 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 45.3 | 93.3 | 93.9 | 68.8 | 66.7 | 51.5 | 51.7 | 16.6 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 26.3 | 1.1 | C. 3.0 | C. 2.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 9.3 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | |||
| 2 | Cases | 89 | 255 | 227 | 409 | 2b | 53 | 50 | 252 | 267 | 328 | 328 | 74 | O.D. | O.D | Combined B. 577 | O.D | ||||||||||||||
| 51 | 45 | 11 | IO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 10.8 | 30.1 | 26.8 | 48.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 29.7 | 31.5 | 38.9 | 38.9 | 8.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 68.0 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cases | 25 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 81 | 79 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Percent. | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | R.I.C | R.I. | V. | V. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 46 | 212 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 2.2 | 5.4 | 25.0 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | O.D. | O.D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 0.9 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For Symbols and Abbreviations used in this Table, see page 49.