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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

Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Table No. 89Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in1937. †Defects found. *—Noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Table No. 89

Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in1937. †Defects found. *—Noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect.Boys 621.Girls 671.
Shoreditch.London Per cent.Shoreditch.London Per cent.
No.Per cent.No.Per cent.
Skin disease†50.81.081.20.9
*40.60.771.00.6
Tonsils only†9815.814.09013.414.0
*325.25.7172.55.4
Adenoids†——1.040.60.7
*——0.640.60.5
Tonsils and adenoids†30.53.8——3.4
*10.22.7——2.4
Other nose and throat†7111150.70.9
*20.30.420.30.2
Glands of neck†254.02.621312.2
*——0.3——0.2
Eye disease†142.32.7152.22.9
*81.31.7131.91.7
Otorrhoea†40.60.860.90.9
*——0.450.70.5
Other ear defects†——0.310.10.4
*——0.210.10.2
Hearing†10.20.140.60.1
*——0.020.30.0
Speech†30.50.410.10.1
*——0.0——0.0
Heart†7111.340.61.3
*——01——0.1
Anaemia†——0.610.l0.4
*——0.210.10.2
Lungs†193.13.1192.82.9
*20.31.240.611
Epilepsy†10.20.0——0.0
*10.20.0——0.0
Chorea†——0.0——0.0
*——0.0——0.0
Paralysis†——0.1——0.1
*——0.0——0.0
Other nervous diseases†20.30.3——0.2
*——0.1——0.0
Pulmonary tuberculosis...†——0.0——0.0
*——————
Other tuberc. lesions†20.30.010.10.0
*—————0.0
Rickets†30.51.020.30.5
*——0.120.30.1
Spinal deformities†——0.110.10.1
*——0.0——0.1
Other deformities†—,—1.030.40.9
*——0.430.40.3
Other defects†121.92.391.32.3
*81.31.450.71.4
Shoreditch.London.
Percentage of boys requiring treatment for all defects50.948.1
Do. do. (excluding nutrition and dental defects)9.214.8
Percentage of girls requiring treatment for all defects55.548.6
Do. do. (excluding nutrition and dental defects)9.413.9