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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 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Entrants. | Intermediates. | Leavers Age li. | Children for Day Continuation Schools. | Total anil percentage of number examined. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoyB. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||
| Number examined | 315 | 293 | 361 | 295 | 302 | 297 | 68 | 49 | 1,980 Per cent. | ||
| Skin Disease | f | 4 3 | 5 4 | 8 4 | 1 1 | 3 2 | 2 2 | 1 1 | — | 24 17 | 1.2 0-9 |
| Teeth | (x) | 136 | 104 | 100 | 106 | 91 | 100 | 22 | 18 | 677 | 342 |
| Tonsils enlarged | f (x) | 29 13 | 37 15 | 34 10 | 30 7 | 16 8 | 21 8 | 2 | 1 | 170 61 | 8.63.1 |
| Adenoids | f (x) | 6 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 1 | — | — | — | 12 6 | 0.6 0.3 |
| Tonsils and Adenoids | f (x) | 10 8 | 9 6 | 7 6 | 6 5 | 1 1 | — | — | — | 33 26 | 1.7 1.3 |
| Other Nose and Throat DefectB | f (X) | 16 5 | 5 1 | 6 | I 1 | 7 2 | 1 | 2 1 | — | 38 10 | 1.9 0.5 |
| Cervical Glands | f (XI | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 47 | 2.4 |
| Eye Disease | f (X) | 9 6 | 9 6 | 8 4 | 5 3 | 4 2 | 3 2 | _ | — | 38 23 | 1.9 1.5 |
| Defective Vision (1366 examined) (x) | Not t ested | 39 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 170 | 12.4 | ||
| Ear Discase or Defect | f (x) | 6 2 | 7 5 | 1 1 | o 5 | 7 7 | 3 2 | — | — | 26 19 | 1.3 1.0 |
| Defective Hearing | f (X) | 5 2 | 6 1 | 3 1 | 5 3 | 10 7 | 6 3 | — | — | 35 17 | 1.8 0.9 |
| Defects of Speech | f (X) | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | 0.5 - | ||
| Heart Disease | f (x) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 3.2 - |
| Anaemia | f (x) | 14 2 | 10 2 | 13 | 11 | 20 4 | 12 3 | 1 | 1 | 82 11 | 4.1 0.6 |
| Lung Defects (non- tubercular) | f (X) | 16 4 | 9 4 | 3 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 10 | 1.6 0.5 |
| Nervous Diseases | f (X) | 2 | 2 | 2 1 | 2 | _ | 5 | 1 | — | 14 1 | 0.7 0.1 |
| Phthisis | f (x) | _ | _ | 1 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | — | 2 1 | 0.1 0.1 |
| Other Tubercular Diseane | f (x) | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0.3 - |
| Rickets | f (X) | S | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0.5 - | |
| Deformities | f (X) | — | 2 1 | 3 1 | 7 | 3 2 | 5 2 | — | 1 | 20 7 | 10 0-4 |
| Malnutrition | f (x> | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0.2 - |
| Infectious Disease | f (X) | - | 1 | 1 | 0.1 - | ||||||
| Other Defeots | f (x) | 6 4 | 11 3 | 2 | 8 5 | 1 1 | 11 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 41 16 | 2.1 0.8 |
| f = defect foand : (x) = requiring treatment. | |||||||||||