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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

Bethnal Green 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: The percentages of defects discovered upon medical inspection and their comparison with the London average are shown in the following table:

The percentages of defects discovered upon medical inspection and their comparison with the London average are shown in the following table:

ConditionBethnal GreenLondon
Malnutrition2.91.6
Skin disease2.71.2
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids11.47.7
Enlarged cervical glands2.01.0
Eye disease1.10.7
Vision defect15.210.2
Squint1.41.3
Otitis media0.80.5
Defective hearing0.10.3
Speech defects0.70.5
Heart and circulation1.10.6
Anaemia0.40.3
Lung defects (not T.B.)2.11.2
Defects of nervous system0.50.3
Orthopaedic defects5.94.0
Psychological defects0.90.4