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Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: **Routine Medical Inspection of Entrants in Elementary Schools in Shoreditch in 1933.*—Defects found, †—noted for treatment and included in defects found.**

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Routine Medical Inspection of Entrants in Elementary Schools in Shoreditch in 1933.

*—Defects found, †—noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect	Boys			Girls
Disease or Defect	Shore-ditch	%	London %	Shore-ditch	%	London %
Skin disease * †	15	1.8	1.1	4	0.5	0.9
Skin disease * †	10	1.2	0.8	3	0.4	0.6
Tonsils only * †	124	15.1	14.2	109	14.0	14.4
Tonsils only * †	47	5.7	5.1	42	5.4	5.0
Adenoids only * †	5	0.6	1.1	2	0.3	0.9
Adenoids only * †	2	0.2	0.6	2	0.3	0.5
Tonsils and Adenoids * †	6	0.7	2.7	8	1.0	2.5
Tonsils and Adenoids * †	3	0.4	1.9	4	0.5	1.8
Other Nose and Throat * †	5	0.6	1.2	2	0.3	1.1
Other Nose and Throat * †	2	0.2	0.5	—.	—.	0.4
Glands of Neck * †	9	1.1	2.4	4	0.5	2.1
Glands of Neck * †	1	0.1	0.3	—	—	0.2
Eye disease * †	30	3.7	3.2	38	4.9	3.0
Eye disease * †	24	2.9	2.0	33	4.2	2.0
Otorrhoea. * †	17	2.1	1.1	11	1.4	1.0
Otorrhoea. * †	15	1.8	0.8	6	0.8	0.7
Other Ear disease * †	1	0.1	0.4	2	0.3	0.5
Other Ear disease * †	1	0.1	0.2	1	0.1	0.3
Hearing * †	—	—	0.2	1	0.1	0.2
Hearing * †	—	—	0.1	1	0.1	0.1
Speech . * †	1	0.1	0.3	2	0.3	0.2
Speech . * †	1	0.1	0.0	—	—	0.0
Heart * †	9	1.1	1.7	11	1.4	1.7
Heart * †	—	—	0.1	2	0.3	0.1
Anaemia * †	1	0.1	1.1	5	0.6	0.9
Anaemia * †	—	—	0.4	3	0.4	0.3
Lungs * †	33	4.0	3.7	32	4.1	3.4
Lungs * †	11	1.3	1.1	12	1.5	1.1
Epilepsy * †	-	—	0.0	—	—	0.0
Epilepsy * †	—	—	0.0	—	—	0.0
Chorea * †	-	—	0.0	—	-	0.0
Chorea * †	—	—	0.0	—	-	0.0
Paralysis * †	—	—	0.0	1	0.1	0.0
Paralysis * †	—-	—	0.0	—	-	0.0
Other Nervous Disorders * †	1	0.1	0.5	2	0.3	0.4
Other Nervous Disorders * †	—	—	0.1	—	—	0.1
Pulmonary T.B. * †	—	—	0.0	—	-	0.0
Pulmonary T.B. * †	—	—	0.0	—	—	0.0
Other T.B * †	—	—	0.0	.—	—	0.0
Other T.B * †	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rickets * †	2	0.2	0.7	1	0.1	0.3
Rickets * †	2	0.2	0.1	-	—	0.0
Spinal Deformity * †	—	—	0.1	1	0.1	0.1
Spinal Deformity * †	—	—	0.1	1	0.1	0.1
Other Deformities * †	-	—	0.9	2	0.3	0.7
Other Deformities * †	-	—	0.2	1	0.1	0.2
Other Defects * †	12	1.5	2.5	19	2.4	2.6
Other Defects * †	6	0.7	1.4	15	1.9	1.5