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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
Heston and Isleworth 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Nutrition.
The following table supplies a record of all those children noted during medical inspection, whose nutrition appeared to be below normal:—
| Year of Birth. | No. of Observations. | Fair. | Poor. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906—2nd half-year | Boys 1 | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls |
| 1st „ | 56 | 45 | 4 | |||
| 1905—2nd ,, | 81 | 47 | 2 | |||
| 1st ,, | 21 | 14 | 1 | |||
| 1904—2nd ,, | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st ,, | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1903—2nd „ | 2 | |||||
| 1902—2nd | 1 | |||||
| 1899—2nd ,, | 1 | ... | ||||
| 1st „ | 1 | ... | ||||
| 1898—2nd ,, | 149 | 107 | 2 | 3 | ... | |
| 1st ,, | 107 | 104 | 3 | ... | 1 | |
| 1897—2nd | 71 | 79 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1st ,, | 25 | 23 | ... | 1 | ||
| 1896—2nd | 5 | 2 | ... | |||
| 1st „ | 3 | 1 | ... | |||
| 1895—2nd | 1 | ... | ||||
| Total | 533 | 440 | 6 | 14 | ... | 3 |
| 973 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 23 | ||||||