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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 1934

[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 1934, 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 1934, indicating the Defects found. f = defects found. o = noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect,Boys (356).Girls (354).
Hamp— stead.per cent.London, per cent.Hamp— stead.per cent.London, per cent.
Skin diseasef——1.120.60.8
Tonsils only0——0.710.30.6
f4111.514.74713.314.3
0123.45.0144.04.7
Adenoids onlyf61.71110.30.8
020.60.7——0.5
Tonsils and Adenoidsf11313.011312.6
061.72.192.51.8
Other Nose and Throatf10.31.141.11.0
0——0.510.30.4
Glands of Neckf61.72.972.02.3
0——0.3——0.2
Eye diseasef102.83.3154.23.1
030.82.141.12.0
Otorrhoeaf10.31.220.61.1
0——0.720.607
Other Ear Defectsf——0.4——0.5
0——0.2——0.2
Hearing ...f——0.130.80.2
0——0.110.301
Speechf10.30.4——0.2
0——0.0——0.0
Heartf11.31.910.31.7
o——0.1——0.1
Anaemia ...f133.71.2123.40.9
0——0.4——0.3
Lungsf102.83.97203.4
o10.31.23081.1
Epilepsy ...f——o.o——0.0
0——0.0——0.0
Choreaf——00——0.0
o——0.0——00
Paralysis ...f——0.1——o.o
o——o.o——0.0
Other Nervous Disordersf20.60.51030.4
0——0.l——0.1
Pulmonary T.B.f——0.0——o.o
o——0.0——0.0
Other T.B.f——o.o1030.0
0——0.0——o.o
Rickets ...f1031.02060.5
01030.21030.1
Spinal Deformities ...f——0.1——0.2
o——0.1——0.0
Other Deformitiesf——1.01030.8
o——0.3——0.2
Other Defectsf30.82.74112.8
o——1.520.61.6