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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
East Ham 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SPEC1AL CASES W1TH DEFECTS.
| Ages. | Dept. | Number examined. | Squint. | Vision defective. | Deafness and discharging ears. | Adenoids and enlarged tonsils. | Other defects. | No defects found. | Total number of defects. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slight defect. | Great defect | |||||||||
| 8 years | Boys | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | -_ | 3 | 1 |
| Girls | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| 9 years | Boys | 27 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | 17 | 11 |
| Girls | 3.3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | |
| 10 years | Boys | 15 | — | 1 | 9 | — | — | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| Girls | 43 | — | 5 | 17 | — | 1 | 10 | 15 | 33 | |
| 11 years | Boys | 32 | — | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 |
| Girls | 44 | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 35 | |
| Totals | Boys | 78 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 40 |
| Girls | 121 | l | 13 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 83 | |
| Total | — | 199 | 2 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 82 | 123 |