[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough] page 64

Bethnal Green 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1932.

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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1932.

Age Groups	Number Examined	CLOTHING AND BOOTS			NUTRITION				CLEANLINESS OF HEAD			CLEANLINESS OF BODY			TEETH			VISION
Age Groups	Number Examined	Good	Fair	Poor	Good	Average	Below normal	Bad	Clean	Nits	Pediculi	Clean	Dirty	Pediculi	All sound	Less than 4 decayed	4 or more decyaed j	6; 6 in both eyes	6/9 in either or both eyes	6/12 or worse in either or both eyes
entrants
Boys	951	248	695	8	96	797	57	1	914	35	2	918	30	3	511	324	116	—	—	—
Girls	1074	257	807	10	113	904	57	—	1025	43	6	1037	35	2	587	355	132	—	—	—
Age 8—
Boys	805	146	657	2	59	680	66	_	790	15	—	778	25	2	504	262	39	340	336	108
Girls	834	141	691	2	77	695	62	—	809	21	4	799	32	3	503	299	32	325	358	150
Age 12—
Boys	981	145	835	1	91	823	67	—	968	12	1	963	18	—	657	305	19	501	266	208
Girls	1-234	308	924	2	133	1050	51	—	1172	59	3	1190	42	2	861	358	15	558	364	311
Age 14—
Boys	594	108	485	1	104	471	19	—	577	17	—	568	26	—	378	212	4	298	176	120
Girls	772	158	612	2	95	643	34	—	741	29	2	742	30	—	529	230	13	365	200	206
Total	7245	1511	5706	28	768	6063	413	1	6996	231	18	6995	238	12	4530	2345	370	2387	1700	*1103
Percentage		20.9	78.7	0.4	10.6	83.7	5.7	—	96.6	3 .2	0.2	96.5	3.3	0.2	62.5	32.4	51	46.0	328	21.2
London		58.2	41.1	0.7	21.1	74.3	4.6	—	96 .0	3. 6	0.4	97.5	2.4	0.1	68.7	26.3	50	61.7	21.3	17. 0