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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 1931

[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 1931.

Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1931.

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.Lens 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— Boys.1470101342235157127835_14115451425423888378204——_
Girls132395235219155114226—-12348091295271799359165———
Age 8— Boys12719003492213710953811222463124427—91628471797309147
Girls122484137013179102124—109911411120024—86228973748232173
Age 12— Boys128291535116160109230—12414011262182S8037923859221191
Girls12439143236116110621—1149913122023—87933529800231209
Age 14— Boys771562202714561115—75318—7647—55620411529120120
Girls74655018971266119—70043373411157814820481131131
Totals933066472558125117579561981880948635914417976358237659642141304971
% St. Pancras71.327.41.312.685.32.194.45.20.498.01.90.168.125.56 464.920.115.0
% London60.838.50.720.674.94.595.54.00.597.32.60.166.227.46-458.523.518.0'