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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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DEFECTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AGES.
| 5 years. | 6 years. | 7 years. | 8 years. | 12 years. | 13 years. | 14 years. | Totals. | Percentage. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. . | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||
| Number examined | 679 | 559 | 263 | 262 | 99 | 129 | 1095 | 1225 | 1200 | 1028 | 88 | 113 | 6 | 9 | 3520 | 3325 | ... | ... | |||
| DEFECTS. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| External Eye Disease— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Blepharitis | 2 | 7 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 26 | 0.51 | 0.78 | |||
| Conjunctivitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 9 | 0.65 | 0.27 | |||
| Corneal Opacity | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 9 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 10 | 0.31 | 0.3 | |||
| Other Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.03 | |||
| Squint | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 23 | 0.82 | 0.69 | |||
| Defective Vision— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number examined | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 9 | 1170 | 1198 | 1200 | 1024 | 88 | 110 | 6 | 9 | 2474 | 2350 | ... | ... | |||
| 6/1 2 | Right | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 36 | 63 | 49 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | 109 | 92 | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Left | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49 | 53 | 82 | 59 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | 139 | 117 | 5.6 | 4.9 | |||
| 6/1 8 | Right | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 23 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 50 | 71 | 2.02 | 3.02 | ||
| Left | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 45 | 52 | 1.8 | 2.2 | |||
| 6/2 4 | Right | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 32 | 27 | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| Left | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 30 | 38 | 1.2 | 1.6 | |||
| 6/3 6 | Right | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 18 | 16 | 0.72 | 0.64 | ||
| Left | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 18 | 16 | 0.72 | 0.64 | |||
| 6/6 0 | Right | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | 11 | 0.21 | 0.47 | ||
| Left | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 8 | 0.64 | 0.34 | |||
| 6/0 | Right | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 0.04 | ||
| Left | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 004 | 004 | |||
| Ear Disease— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deafness | Right | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 14 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 31 | 18 | 0.88 | 0.54 | ||
| Left | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 11 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 21 | 0.88 | 0.63 | |||
| Discharge | Right | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 8 | 10 | ... | 1 | 14 | 18 | 0.39 | 0.54 | ||
| Left | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 11 | 0.54 | 0.33 | |||
| Other Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Defective Speech— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Articulation | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 26 | 1.2 | 0.78 | |||
| Stammering | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 5 | 0.51 | 0.15 | |||
| Disease of Heart— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disease | 5 | 11 | 5 | 13 | ... | 2 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 78 | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||||
| Anæmia | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 6 | 0.37 | 0.18 | |||
| Disease of Lungs— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 16 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 2 | ... | 54 | 42 | 27 | 26 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 110 | 101 | 3.1 | 3.03 | |||
| Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.06 | |||
| Tuberculosis Suspected | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||
| Other Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Disease of Nervous System— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.03 | ||||
| Chorea | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 0.19 | 0.08 | |||
| Other Disease | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 0.06 | |||
| Condition of Head— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nits | 10 | 58 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 217 | 21 | 125 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ... | 73 | 469 | 2.1 | 14.1 | |||
| Vermin | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 27 | 0.22 | 0.81 | |||
| Condition of Body— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dirty | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 15 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 34 | 14 | 0.96 | 0.42 | |||
| Vermin | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 16 | 7 | 0.45 | 0.21 | |||
| Condition of Clothing— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.06 | |||
| Dirty | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 25 | 14 | 0.71 | 0.42 | |||
| Defective Boots | 9 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 51 | 23 | 1.4 | 0.69 | |||
| Defective Nutrition— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Under Normal | 44 | 32 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 105 | 50 | 65 | 63 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 242 | 191 | 6.9 | 5.7 | ||||
| Bad | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 0.14 | 0.12 | |||
| Decayed Teeth— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 4 | 374 | 318 | 149 | 137 | 42 | 68 | 759 | 822 | 759 | 640 | 48 | 93 | 5 | 7 | 2130 | 2085 | 60.5 | 62.7 | |||
| More than 4 | 125 | 94 | 68 | 69 | 10 | 23 | 118 | 142 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 373 | 352 | 10.6 | 10.6 | |||
| Sepsis | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ... | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 39 | 0.76 | 1.1 | |||
| Tonsils— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Slightly enlarged | 131 | 85 | 63 | 62 | 13 | 14 | 141 | 159 | 157 | 115 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 514 | 449 | 14.6 | 13.5 | |||
| Greatly enlarged | 35 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 53 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 6 | ... | 1 | 165 | 153 | 4.7 | 4.6 | |||
| Adenoids— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Slightly marked | 15 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 47 | 38 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |||
| Greatly marked | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 0.22 | 0.08 | |||
| Glands— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Slightly enlarged | 65 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 35 | 27 | 22 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 155 | 117 | 4.4 | 3.5 | |||
| Greatly enlarged | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | ... | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 27 | 34 | 0.76 | 1.02 | |||
| Mouth Breathers | 38 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 108 | 57 | 3.1 | 1.7 | |||
| Nasal Defects | 91 | 60 | 67 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 227 | 142 | 6.4 | 42 | |||
| Mental Defects— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number examined | 92 | 81 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1119 | 1188 | 1200 | 921 | 86 | 103 | 6 | 7 | 2544 | 2326 | ... | ... | |||
| Dull | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 73 | 104 | 54 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ... | 146 | 214 | 5.7 | 9.2 | |||
| Defective | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | 5 | 0.51 | 0.21 | |||
| Deformities | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 70 | 62 | 1.9 | 1.7 | |||
| Ringworm | Head | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.06 | ||
| Body | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Scabies | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Impetigo | 4 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 6 | 0.45 | 0 .18 | |||
| Tubercle— | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Glandular | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 0 .19 | 0.08 | |||
| Osseous | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.03 | ||||
| Other Diseases | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 26 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 62 | 62 | 1.7 | 1.8 | |||