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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 1936

[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 yeat 1936, 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 yeat 1936, indicating the Defects found. f = defects found. o = noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect.Boys (272).Girls (348).
Hanip-stead.per cent.London, per cent.Hamp-stead.per cent.London. per cent.
Skin diseasef--10-_10
o——0.7——0.6
Tonsils onlyf248.814.04212113.6
o51.85.6102.95.1
Adenoids onlyf31110——0.7
o10.40.6——0.6
Tonsils and Adenoidsf41.53.314402.9
o31.12.3113.22.0
Other Nose and Throatf10.41.220.61.0
o-—0.410.30.4
Glands of Neckf20.73.120.62.5
o——0.3——0.3
Eye diseasef41.52.861.73.1
o20.71.720.61.8
Otorrhceaf10.41.0——0.9
o10.40.6_—0.5
Other Ear Defectsf10.40.320.60.4
o——0.220.60.2
Hearingf31.10.272.00.2
o10 .40.130.90.1
Speechf——0.320.60.2
o——0.0——0.0
Heartf——1.5——1.3
o——0.1——0.1
Anaemiaf82.90.730.90.6
o——0.3——0.3
Lungsf31.13.741.13.3
o——1.4——1.8
Epilepsyf——0.010.30.0
o——0.0——0.0
Choreaf——0.0——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Paralysis ...f——0.1——0.0
o-—0.0——0.0
Other Nervous Disordersf-—0.420.60.4
o——0.1——0.1
Pulmonary T.B.f——0.1——0.0
o——0.0——0.0
Other T.B.f——0.1——o.o
o——00———
Ricketsf——11——0.5
o——o.l——0.1
Spinal Deformitiesf——0.1——0.1
o——01——00
Other Deformitiesf31.11.130.90.9
o_—0.4——0.3
Other Defectsf10.42.672.02.3
o10.41.641.11.4