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 Ilford]
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Below is enumerated a list, under the various headings, of the defects detected, separated according to sex:—
Defects. | Percentage of Children Examined. | Boys. | Girls. |
---|---|---|---|
Clothing—Fair only | 12.8 | 99 | 54 |
Bad | .8 | 7 | 3 |
Footgear—Fair only | 10.4 | 68 | 56 |
Bad | 1.1 | 8 | 5 |
Cleanliness. Head—Somewhat dirty | 6.9 | 13 | 70 |
Dirty | .08 | — | i |
Very Dirty | 1.7 | — | 19 |
Scurfy | •5 | — | 6 |
Nits detected | 4.8 | — | 58 |
Lice detected | •4 | — | 5 |
Ringworm detected | .08 | 1 | — |
Body—Somewhat dirty | 4.5 | 19 | 35 |
Very dirty | .1 | 1 | 1 |
Fleabitten | .2 | — | 3 |
Bugs detected | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mental condition—Dull | 2.1 | 11 | 14 |
Speech defective | .8 | 9 | 1 |
Hearing defective | .1 | 2 | — |
Vision defective | 9.5 | 60 | 53 |
Nutrition—Below normal | .2 | 1 | 2 |
Teeth— Somewhat dirty | 98.9 | 653 | 522 |
Foul | .1 | 2 | — |
Decayed (1.6) | 63.6 | 410 | 346 |
„ (over 6) | 3.8 | 34 | 12 |
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 2.8 | 18 | 17 |
Glands—Slight enlargement | 18.1 | 122 | 93 |
External Eye Diseases | 1.5 | 9 | 9 |
Ear Diseases | •4 | 2 | 3 |
Heart disease | •5 | 3 | 4 |
Bronchial | .08 | — | 1 |
Neuroses | •5 | 3 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | .08 | 1 | . |