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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
Holborn 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Routine Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1930.
| Age Group. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Condition of Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad | Clean. | I Nits. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than four decayed. | Four or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6,9 in either eye. | 6/12 or worse in either eye. | ||
| Entrants— Boys | 282 | 2 | 280 | - | 55 | 205 | 22 | 271 | 11 | - | 278 | 3 | 1 | 162 | 43 | 77 | _ | _ | — | |
| Qirls | 256 | 11 | 243 | 2 | 55 | 189 | 12 | 235 | 18 | 3 | 247 | 9 | — | 149 | 34 | 73 | — | — | — | |
| Age 8— Boys | 214 | 1 | 213 | - | 7 | 189 | 18 | 203 | 10 | 1 | 204 | 10 | _ | 148 | 25 | 41 | 130 | 38 | 40 | |
| Girls | 199 | 5 | 194 | — | 19 | 159 | 21 | 182 | 16 | 1 | 194 | 5 | — | 135 | 32 | 32 | 120 | 40 | 37 | |
| Age 12— Boys | 115 | - | 115 | - | 4 | 101 | 10 | 112 | 3 | - | 108 | 7 | _ | 95 | 16 | 4 | 72 | 18 | 23 | |
| Girls | 122 | — | 122 | — | 33 | 78 | 11 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 118 | 4 | — | 97 | 18 | 7 | 86 | 13 | 23 | |
| Age 14— Boys | 159 | 1 | 158 | - | 14 | 141 | 4 | 159 | — | — | 158 | 1 | — | 129 | 19 | 11 | 115 | 16 | 29 | |
| Girls | 151 | 2 | 149 | — | 31 | 119 | 1 | 143 | 7 | 1 | 150 | 1 | — | 119 | 22 | 10 | 100 | 14 | 30 | |
| Total | 1,493 | 22 | 1,474 | 2 | 218 | 1,181 | 99 | 1,120 | 71 | 7 | 1,457 | 40 | 1 | 1,034 | 209 | 255 | 629 | 138 | 182 | |
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