London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Walthamstow 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Table of Defects found on Medical Inspection.
| AGE. | Number Examined. | Parent Present. | Clothing. | Footgear. | Head. | Body. | External Eye Disease. | Vision. | Nutrition. | Teeth. | Tonsils. | Adenoids. | Ear Diseases. | Glands. | Rickets. | Speech. | Heart Affection. | Lung Affection. | Tuberculosis. | Mental Condition. | Nervous System. | Spinal Deformities. | Infectious or Contagious Diseases. | Other Diseases. | Average Number in Family. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cleanliness. | Other Particulars. | Cleanliness. | Other Perticlrs. | Cleanliness. | Decay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Good. | Fair. | Bad. | Good. | Fair. | Bad. | Clean. | Somewhat Dirty. | Very Dirty. | Scurf. | Nits. | Lice. | Clean. | Somewhat Dirty. | Very Dirty. | Fleabites. | Lice. | Both Eyes Good. | One Eye Good. „ ,, Slightly Defective. | Both Eyes Slightly Defective. | One Eye Good. „ „ Very Detective. | One Eye Slightly „ ,, Very Defective. | Both Eyes Very Defective. | Good. | Normal. | Below Normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Somewhat Dirty. | Foul. | Average Number of Decayed Teeth per Child. | Slightly Enlarged. | Considerably Enlarged. | Urgently Requiring Removal. | Probable. | Mouth Breathing. | Requires Operation. | Cerumen in Excess. | Otorrhoea. | Perforation. | Defective Hearing. | Slightly Enlarged. | Considerably Enlarged. | Bright. | Average. | Dull. | ||||||||||||||
| BOYS- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 | 205 | 115 | 184 | 21 | - | 179 | 25 | 1 | 203 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 200 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 131 | 9 | - | 65 | 135 | 5 | 1.4 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | -- | 4 | - | - | - | 23 | 18 | - | 53 | 151 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4.4 |
| 5-6 | 860 | 562 | 756 | 99 | 5 | 752 | 86 | 22 | 814 | 46 | - | 8 | 33 | 5 | 788 | 72 | - | 33 | 2 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 198 | 166 | 2 | - | 179 | 658 | 23 | 2.2 | 142 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | 4 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 76 | 114 | 3 | 232 | 622 | 6 | 2 | - | 8 | 13 | 4.0 |
| 6-7 | 217 | 126 | 171 | 43 | 3 | 172 | 40 | 5 | 203 | 14 | - | - | 16 | - | 193 | 24 | - | 9 | - | 11 | 215 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 27 | 182 | 8 | - | 22 | 193 | 2 | 2.0 | 24 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 43 | 164 | 10 | 2 | - | 3 | 7 | 3.9 |
| 7-8 | 676 | 378 | 575 | 99 | 2 | 561 | 103 | 12 | 652 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 31 | - | 632 | 44 | - | 25 | - | 28 | 585 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 107 | 565 | 4 | - | 111 | 563 | 2 | 2.3 | 10 | 27 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 10 | - | 3 | 8 | 90 | 61 | 4 | 128 | 525 | 23 | - | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 8-9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | 3.0 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 5.3 |
| 9-10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2.4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5.0 |
| 10-11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 5.4 |
| 11-12 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2.0 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 5.4 |
| 12-13 | 451 | 112 | 392 | 57 | 2 | 393 | 45 | 13 | 446 | 5 | - | 3 | 8 | 1 | 438 | 13 | - | 11 | 1 | 96 | 379 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 66 | 379 | 6 | - | 84 | 330 | 37 | 1.8 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 59 | 380 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 13-14 | 743 | 146 | 627 | 105 | 11 | 644 | 77 | 22 | 719 | 24 | - | 5 | 8 | 1 | 707 | 36 | - | 9 | - | 19 | 625 | 40 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 158 | 583 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 549 | 49 | 2.0 | 82 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 8 | 94 | 11 | 2 | 124 | 600 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 14-15 | 89 | 12 | 82 | 7 | - | 86 | 3 | - | 88 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 88 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 4 | 22 | 65 | 2 | - | 27 | 55 | 7 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 73 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5.0 |
| 15-16 (H. E. S.) | 31 | 2 | 31 | - | - | 31 | - | - | 31 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | - | - | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2.9 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.0 |
| 16-17 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 |
| 3322 | 1474 | 2860 | 438 | 24 | 2857 | 387 | 78 | 3204 | 117 | 1 | 22 | 104 | 7 | 3121 | 201 | - | 96 | 3 | 220 | 1931 | 98 | 52 | 63 | 27 | 86 | 669 | 2625 | 27 | 1 | 654 | 2536 | 132 | 2.4 | 434 | 128 | 10 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 395 | 248 | 15 | 666 | 2576 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 51 | 4.5 | |
| GIRLS— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 | 182 | 124 | 155 | 27 | - | 150 | 31 | 1 | 177 | 5 | - | 3 | 28 | 5 | 179 | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | 118 | - | - | 52 | 127 | 3 | .7 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 78 | 104 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.1 |
| 5-6 | 798 | 571 | 719 | 75 | 4 | 703 | 85 | 10 | 782 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 150 | 9 | 787 | 11 | - | 26 | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 157 | 637 | 4 | - | 179 | 611 | 8 | 1.5 | 142 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 60 | 92 | 8 | 239 | 557 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4.0 |
| 6-7 | 278 | 169 | 239 | 37 | 2 | 242 | 27 | 9 | 265 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 5 | 261 | 15 | 2 | 17 | - | 28 | 271 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 29 | 247 | 2 | - | 43 | 230 | 5 | 2.5 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 30 | 37 | 5 | 83 | 191 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4.2 |
| 7-8 | 695 | 458 | 591 | 100 | 4 | 568 | 116 | 11 | 678 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 230 | 11 | 664 | 31 | - | 22 | - | 38 | 595 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 80 | 606 | 6 | 3 | 138 | 554 | 3 | 1.9 | 119 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 69 | 58 | 3 | 145 | 541 | 9 | 2 | - | 6 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 8-9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | - | 3.2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5.2 |
| 9-10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1-6 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4.6 |
| 10-11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | - | 12 | - | - | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2.5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5.2 |
| 11-12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4.8 |
| 12-13 | 380 | 198 | 317 | 55 | 8 | 314 | 52 | 14 | 366 | 14 | - | 2 | 85 | 2 | 375 | 5 | - | 16 | - | 10 | 314 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 334 | 1 | - | 130 | 241 | 9 | 1.0 | 28 | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 325 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 13-14 | 634 | 282 | 487 | 137 | 10 | 494 | 116 | 24 | 633 | 1 | - | 21 | 208 | 2 | 678 | 6 | - | 13 | - | 25 | 533 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 29 | 173 | 454 | 6 | 1 | 205 | 410 | 19 | 3.4 | 53 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | 105 | 11 | 2 | 92 | 521 | 21 | 4 | - | 3 | 9 | 5.2 |
| 14-15 | 81 | 39 | 78 | 3 | - | 78 | 3 | - | 81 | - | - | 4 | 11 | - | 81 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 41 | - | - | 48 | 30 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 16 | - | 2 | 19 | 61 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4.8 |
| 15-16 | 28 | 19 | 28 | - | - | 28 | - | - | 28 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 19 | 9 | - | - | 19 | 9 | - | 2.0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 16 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6.1 |
| 16-17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 |
| 3110 | 1873 | 2635 | 444 | 31 | 2599 | 438 | 73 | 3043 | 63 | 4 | 79 | 805 | 36 | 3035 | 73 | 2 | 104 | - | 159 | 1824 | 85 | 56 | 55 | 32 | 78 | 608 | 2478 | 20 | 4 | 821 | 2237 | 52 | 2.0 | 438 | 141 | 10 | 22 | 7 | - | 1 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 358 | 227 | 24 | 725 | 2336 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 5.0 | |
| TOTALS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOYS | 3322 | 1474 | 2860 | 438 | 24 | 2857 | 387 | 78 | 3204 | 117 | 1 | 22 | 104 | 7 | 3121 | 201 | - | 96 | 3 | 220 | 1931 | 98 | 52 | 63 | 27 | 86 | 669 | 2625 | 27 | 1 | 654 | 2536 | 132 | 2.4 | 434 | 128 | 10 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 395 | 248 | 15 | 666 | 2576 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 51 | 4.5 |
| GIRLS | 3110 | 1873 | 2635 | 444 | 31 | 2599 | 438 | 73 | 3043 | 63 | 4 | 79 | 805 | 36 | 3035 | 73 | 2 | 104 | - | 159 | 1824 | 85 | 56 | 55 | 32 | 78 | 608 | 2478 | 20 | 4 | 821 | 2237 | 52 | 2-0 | 438 | 141 | 10 | 22 | 7 | - | 1 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 7 | & | 26 | 358 | 227 | 24 | 725 | 2336 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 5.0 |
| 6432 | 3347 | 5495 | 882 | 55 | 5456 | 825 | 151 | 6247 | 180 | 5 | 101 | 909 | 43 | 6156 | 274 | 2 | 200 | 3 | 379 | 3755 | 183 | 108 | 118 | 59 | 164 | 1277 | 5103 | 47 | 5 | 1475 | 4773 | 184 | 2.2 | 872 | 269 | 20 | 34 | 13 | - | 2 | 51 | 3 | 42 | 86 | 13 | 15 | 74 | 753 | 475 | 39 | 1391 | 4912 | 129 | 29 | 7 | 41 | 95 | 4.7 | |