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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 1935

[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 1935, indicating the Defects found.

Table showing Results of Routine Medical Inspection of Entrant Children in Hampstead to Elementary Schools during the year 1935, indicating the Defects found.

Disease or Defect.Boys (428).Girls (350).
Hampstead.per cent.London, per cent.Hampstead.per cent.London. per cent.
Skin diseasef10.21.1——0.9
o——0.7——0.6
Tonsils onlyf6615.414.24713.413.9
o122.84.9133.74.4
Adenoids onlyf30.71.080.90.9
o——0.620.60.6
Tonsils and Adenoidsf133.08.161.72.5
o92.12.330.91.8
Other Nose and Throatf30.71.010.30.9
o——0.4—_—_0.4
Glands of Neckf10.22.730.92.5
o——0.4_—0.2
Eye diseasef102.33.1113.1:3.0
o20.51.951.41.8
Otorrhœaf30.71.010.30.9
o10.20.6——0.5
Other Ear Defectsf10.20.4——0.3
o——0.2——0.2
Hearingf51.20.120.60.1
o30.70.1—_—0.0
Speechf51.20.410.30.2
o——0.1——0.0
Heartf10.21.810.31.5
o——0.1——0.1
Anæmiaf61.40.841.10.6
o——0.3——0.3
Lungsf92.13.472.03.3
o10.21.210.31.1
Epilepsyf——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Choreaf——0.0——0.1
o—_—0.0——0.0
Paralysisf——0.0——0.0
o—————0.0
Other Nervous Diseasesf10.20.510.30.4
o——0.1——0.1
Pulmonary T.B.f——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Other T.B.f——0.0——o.o
o——0.0——_
Ricketsf20.51.0——0.5
o——0.1——0.1
Spinal Deformitiesf——0.110.30.2
o——0.1——0.0
Other Deformitiesf51.21.1——0.8
o——_0.3—_—0.3
Other Defectsf51.22.641.12.6
o20.51.4——1.5