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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: Table showing Results of Routine Medical Inspection of Entrant Children in Hampstead to Elementary Schools during the year 1933, indicating the Defects found. f = defects found. o = noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Table showing Results of Routine Medical Inspection of Entrant Children in Hampstead to Elementary Schools during the year 1933, indicating the Defects found. f = defects found. o = noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect.Boys (242).Girls (216).
Hampstead.per cent.London. per cent.Hampstead.per cent.London. per cent.
Skin diseasef10.41.1——0.9
o——0.8——0.6
Tonsils onlyf4619.014.23616.714.4
o218.75.1115.15.0
Adenoids onlyf41.71.110.50.9
o10.40.6——0.5
Tonsils and Adenoidsf52.12.783.72.5
o41.71.962.81.8
Other Nose and Throatf31.21.210.51.1
o20.80.5——0.4
Glands of Neckf20.82.420.92.1
o——0.3——0.2
Eye diseasef114.53.252.33.0
o52.12.031.42.0
Otorrhœaf20.81.1——1.0
o20.80.8——0.7
Other Ear Defectsf——0.4——0.5
o——0..2——0.3
Hearingf31.20.241.90.2
o10.40.131.40.1
Speechf10.40.3——0.2
o——0.0——0.0
Heartf31.21.7——1.7
o——0.1——0.1
Anæmiaf20.81.120.90.9
o——0.4——0.3
Lungsf52.13.720.93.4
o10.41.1——1.1
Epilepsyf——0.010.50.0
o——0.0——0.0
Choreaf——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Paralysisf——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Other Nervous Disordersf——0.510.50.4
o——0.1——0.1
Pulmonary T.B.f——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Other T.B.f——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Ricketsf——0.7——0.3
o——0.1——.0.0
Spinal Deformitiesf——0.1——0.1
o——0.1——0.1
Other Deformitiesf——0.910.50.7
o——0.2——0.2
Other Defectsf——2.541.92.6
o——1.4——1.5