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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SPECIAL CASES WITH 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 | |||||||||
| 7 years | Boys | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Girls | 11 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 8 years | Boys | 52 | 3 | — | 11 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 46 |
| Girls | 55 | — | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 50 | |
| 9 years | Boys | 37 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| Girls | 55 | 1 | — | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 39 | |
| 10 years | Boys | 60 | 2 | — | 24 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 56 |
| Girls | 55 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 41 | |
| 11 years | Boys | 33 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| Girls | 46 | — | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 39 | |
| 12 years | Boys | 50 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| Girls | 66 | — | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 50 | |
| Totals | Boys | 239 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 29 | 20 | 62 | 56 | 190 |
| Girls | 288 | 2 | 13 | 77 | 23 | 36 | 79 | 70 | 230 | |
| Total | — | 527 | 11 | 16 | 144 | 52 | 56 | 141 | 126 | 420 |