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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

St Pancras 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Routine Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1928.

Routine Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1928.

Age Group.Number examined.Clothing and Boots.Nutrition.Cleanliness of Head.Cleanliness of Body.Teeth.Vision.
Good.Fair.Poor.Good.Average.Below normal.Bad.Clean.Nits.Pediculi.Clean.Dirty.Pediculi.All sound.Less than four decayed.Four or more decayed.6/6 in both eyes.6/9 in either or both eyes.6/12 or worse in either eye.
Entrants-
Boys1516120132916171133837-15083711530151887446213---
Girls1406107132114155121734-13217751393121773459174---
Age 8—
Boys161812263798122143655-1566434159221-931495127956363218
Girls165311914566172143447-1521120916361611017511125947408275
Age 12—
Boys127898627616132111828-125523-126315-86439123829203241
Girls1201906295-119106418-109998411974-86131525778208215
Age 14—
Boys12188763384147104823-119027112117-86732031822158231
Girls128894633842111059171121863712816193133225811228247
Totals11203840327326812299714259110684488311110396471913269743514315681463
% St. Pancras75.02440.611.086.723-95.3440.399.10.90.064.229.26662.919.217.9
% London58.540.51020.075.24.8-94.25.30.597.02.90.161.428.37.356.125-418-5