Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Disease or Defect. | Boys 743. | Girls 737. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoreditch. | London. | Shoreditch. | London. | ||||
No. | Per cent. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. | Per cent. | ||
Skin disease | † | 8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
* | 7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
Tonsils only | † | 117 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 98 | 13.3 | 13.6 |
* | 37 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 30 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
Adenoids | † | 6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
* | 5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
Tonsils and adenoids | † | 2 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
* | - | - | 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
Other nose and throat | † | 9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
* | 2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
Glands of neck | † | 55 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 56 | 7.6 | 2.5 |
* | 1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | - | - | 0.3 | |
Eye disease | † | 23 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 22 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
* | 14 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 14 | 1.9 | 1.8 | |
Otorrhœa | † | 4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
* | - | - | 0.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
Other ear defects | † | 2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
* | 2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
Hearing | † | - | - | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
* | - | - | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Speech | † | - . | - | 0.3 | - | - | 0.2 |
* | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 0.0 | |
Heart | † | 6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
* | - | - | 0.1 | - | .- | 0.1 | |
Anæmia | † | - | - | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
* | - | - | 0.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
Lungs | † | 25 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 25 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
* | 4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | |
Epilepsy | † | - | - | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
* | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 0.0 | |
Chorea | † | - | - | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
* | - | - | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
Paralysis | † | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | 0.0 |
* | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 0.0 | |
Other nervous diseases | † | - | - | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
* | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | 0.1 | |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | † | - | - | 0.1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
* | - | - | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
Other tuberc. lesions | † | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | - | 0.0 |
* | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | - | |
Rickets | † | 2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | - | - | 0.5 |
* | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | 0.1 | |
Spinal deformities | † | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | 0.1 |
* | - | - | 0.1 | - | - | 0.0 | |
Other deformities | † | 3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
* | 1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | - | - | 0.3 | |
Other defects | † | 15 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 8 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
* | 7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
Percentage of boys requiring treatment for all defects 53.0 London 48.2 per cent.
Percentage of boys requiring treatment for all defects
(excluding teeth) 11.3 „ 15.5 „ „
Percentage of girls requiring treatment for all defects 50.8 „ 48.3 „ ,,
Perentage of girls requiring treatment for all defects
(excluding teeth) 10.0 „ 14.1 ,, ,,