Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 defect found. | Total number of defects. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slight defect. | Great defect. | |||||||||
8 years | Boys | 56 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 38 |
Girls | 49 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 23 | |
9 years | Boys | 24 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
Girls | 79 | — | 11 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 79 | |
10 years | Boys | 49 | 2 | — | 32 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 47 |
Girls | 43 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 34 | |
11 years | Boys | 79 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 91 |
Girls | 79 | - | 24 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 94 | |
Totals | Boys | 208 | 7 | 10 | 109 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 52 | 201 |
Girls | 250 | 4 | 38 | 88 | 19 | 28 | 53 | 87 | 230 | |
Total | - | 458 | 11 | 48 | 197 | 31 | 49 | 95 | 139 | 431 |