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Shoreditch 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: **Table No. 100Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1938.†Defects found. * Noted for treatment and included in defects found.**

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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1938.†Defects found. * Noted for treatment and included in defects found.

Disease or Defect	Boys 653			Girls 589
	Shoreditch		London	Shoreditch.		London
	No.	Per cent.	Per cent.	No.	Per cent.	Per cent.
Skin disease † *	6	0.9	1.3	5	0.8	1.1
Skin disease † *	4	0.6	0.9	4	0.7	0.7
Tonsils only † *	94	14.4	14.2	77	13.1	13.2
Tonsils only † *	26	4.0	5.6	15	2.5	4.7
Adenoids † *	3	0.5	1.1	—	0.0	0.7
Adenoids † *	1	0.2	0.8	—	0.0	0.5
Tonsils and adenoids † *	2	0.3	3.3	5	0.8	2.9
Tonsils and adenoids † *	2	0.3	2.3	2	0.3	2.0
Other nose and throat † *	4	0.6	1.2	4	0.7	1.0
Other nose and throat † *	1	0.2	0.4	3	05	0.4
Glands of neck † *	26	4.0	2.6	13	2.2	2.1
Glands of neck † *	—	0.0	0.3	—	0.0	0.2
Eye disease † *	21	3.2	3.0	28	4.8	3.0
Eye disease † *	14	2.1	2.0	14	2.4	2.0
Otorrhoea † *	7	1.1	0.8	6	1.0	0.9
Otorrhoea † *	6	0.9	05	5	0.8	0.5
Other ear defects† *	1	0.2	0.3	1	02	0.4
Other ear defects† *	—	0.0	0.2	—	0.0	0.2
Hearing † *	—	0.0	0.1	—	0.0	0.1
Hearing † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Speech † *	—	0.0	0.3	1	0.2	0.2
Speech † *	—	0.0	0.1	—	0.0	0.0
Heart † *	9	1.4	1.3	7	1.2	1.3
Heart † *	—	0.0	0.1	—	0.0	0.1
Anaemia † *	—	0.0	0.5	1	0.2	0.4
Anaemia † *	—	0.0	0.2	1	0.2	0.2
Lungs † *	16	2.4	3.0	19	3.2	3.0
Lungs † *	3	0.5	1.2	2	0.3	1.1
Epilepsy † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Epilepsy † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Chorea † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Chorea † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Paralysis † *	—	0.0	0.1	—	0.0	0.0
Paralysis † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Other nervous diseases † *	—	0.0	0.3	1	0.2	0.3
Other nervous diseases † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.1
Pulmonary tuberculosis † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.1
Pulmonary tuberculosis † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Other tuberc. lesions † *	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Other tuberc. lesions † *	_	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0
Rickets † *	3	0.5	1.0	1	0.2	0.4
Rickets † *	2	0.3	0.1	1	0.2	0.0
Spinal deformities † *	—	0.0	0.1	—	0.0	0.1
Spinal deformities † *	—	0.0	0.1	—	0.0	0.1
Other deformities † *	4	0.6	1.2	4	0.7	0.9
Other deformities † *	3	0.5	0.6	3	0.5	0.4
Other defects † *	13	2.0	2.5	6	1.0	2.5
Other defects † *	10	1.5	1.5	5	0.8	1.6

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Shoreditch. London.
Percentage of boys requiring treatment for all defects 51.1% 47.5%
Do. do. (excluding nutrition and dental defects) 10.1% 14.9%
Percentage of girls requiring treatment for all defects 46.3% 47.2%
Do. do. (excluding nutrition and dental defects) 8.5% 13.5%

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Table: **Table No. 100Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1938.†Defects found. * Noted for treatment and included in defects found.**

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Shoreditch 1938

Table: Table No. 100Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1938.†Defects found. * Noted for treatment and included in defects found.

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Table: **Table No. 100Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1938.†Defects found. * Noted for treatment and included in defects found.**