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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 1930

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

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Table: Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1980.

Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1980.

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 or both eyes.
Entrants— Boys130196132119147113716112534351271264794306201___
Girls1340101631311155116322—126463131318211801330209———
Age 8— Boys131294934320115114848112753431280293894283135802302199
Girls12159072999140104035—11287314119321180432289752279174
Age 12— Boys981758212117887726-94632396714—71624025660152166
Girls96175120641128242418817289528173119733626181153
Age 14— Boys10728192361713092715-104329—106210—75728728713179174
Girls962718238615778717190356394715—72020636648136172
Totals9144687921689710347903203486934024989901441062172171756420112291038
% St. Pancras75.223.71.111.386.42.395.14.40.59831.60168.023.78.365.019.016.0
% London59.73950.820.575.04.594.94.50.697.42.50.165.227.77.156.624.918.5