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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
Hampstead 1919
Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Medical Inspection of Elementary Schools in Hampstead in 1919.
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Total and percentage. | Corresponding percentage for all London. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |||||
| Number examined | .. | 291 | 278 | 288 | 304 | 280 | 281 | 1,722 Per cent. | 195,162 | |
| Skin Disease | f | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| (x) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |
| Teeth Defective | (x) | 87 | 93 | 93 | 106 | 80 | 89 | 548 | 31.8 | 25.6 |
| Tonsils enlarged | f | 46 | 46 | 36 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 205 | 11.9 | 12.8 |
| Adenoids | f | 25 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| Tonsils or Adenoids | (x) | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| Other Nose and Throat | f | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| (x) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 1.2 | 0.6 | |
| Glands of Neck | f | 51 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 191 | 11.1 | 7.3 |
| (x) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
| Eye Disease | f | 13 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| (x) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 1.8 | 1.9 | |
| Vision Defective | f | Not tested | 79 | 90 | 53 | 58 | 280 | 24.3 | 21.5 | |
| (x) | 33 | 54 | 33 | 39 | 159 | 13.8 | 11.9 | |||
| Ear Disease | f | 12 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| (x) | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 1.7 | 1.4 | |
| Hearing Defective | f | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| (x) | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| Speech Defects | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 02 | 0-5 | |
| (x) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | |
| Heart Defects | f | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| f | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
| Anæmia | f | 12 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 82 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| (x) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Lung Complaints | f | 17 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| (excluding Phthisis) | (x) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Nervous Complaints | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1.7 | 1.1 | |
| (x) | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Phthisis | f | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| (x) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Other Tubercular Disease | f | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| (x) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Rickets | f | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| (x) | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Deformities | f | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| (x) | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
| Malnutrition | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| (x) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| Other Defects | f | 18 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 71 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| (X) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 2.1 | 1.8 | |
f = defect found; (x)= requiring treatment.