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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 1938

[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 1938, 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 1938, indicating the Defects found. f=defects found. o=noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect.Boys (300).Girls (288).
Hampstead.per cent.London. per cent.Hampstead.per cent.London. per cent.
Skin diseasef-0.01.3-0.01.1
o-0.00.9-0.00.7
Enlarged Tonsilsf3511.714.2227.613.2
o93.05.693.14.7
Enlarged Adenoidsf10.31.110.30.7
o10.30.8-0.00.5
Tonsils and Adenoidsf51.73.331.02.9
o41.32.331.02.0
Other Nose and Throatf-0.01.2-0.01.0
o-0.00.4-0.00.4
Glands of Neckf10.32.620.72.1
o-0.00.3-0.00.2
Eye diseasef62.03.062.13.0
o31.02.031.02.0
Otorrhœaf20.70.8-0.00.9
o10.30.5-0.00.5
Other Ear Defectsf-0.00.3-0.00.4
o-0.00.2-0.00.2
Defective Hearingf31.00.1-0.00.1
o10.30.0-0.00.0
Defective Speechf-0.00.3-0.00.2
o-0.00.1-0.00.0
Heartf10.31.3-0.01.3
o-0.00.1-0.00.1
Anaemiaf20.70.5-0.00.4
o-0.00.2-0.00.2
Lungsf20.73.010.33.0
o-0.01.2-0.01.1
Epilepsyf-0.00.0-0.00.0
o-0.00.0-0.00.0
Choreaf-0.00.0-0.00.0
o-0.00.0-0.00.0
Paralysisf-0.00.1-0.00.0
o-0.00.0-0.00.0
Other Nervous Disordersf-0.00.3-0.00.3
o-0.00.0-0.00.1
Pulmonary T.B.f-0.00.0-0.00.1
o-0.00.0-0.00.0
Other T.B.f-0.00.0-0.00.0
o-0.00.0-0.00.0
Ricket-0.01.0-0.00.4
o-0.00.1-0.00.0
Spinal Deformitiesf-0.00.1-0.00.1
o-0.00.1-0.00.1
Other Deformitiesf20.71.2-0.00.9
o10.30.6-0.00.4
Other Defectsf31.02.520.72.5
o20.71.510.31.6