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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 1936

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

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Table: T ABLE VIRoutine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1936. Information supplied by the School Medical Officer of the L .C.C.

T ABLE VI

Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1936. Information supplied by the School Medical Officer of the L .C.C.

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.N its.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— Boys989626354912482837—95333397712—608256126———
Girls960671280915777231—92628695010—550278132———
Age 7— Hoys65740025167254936—64017—6516—4711543249310951
Girls58837121528047533—5552855826—406151314519138
Age 11— Boys .937614317612477637—91720—9316—688236.13672126137
Girls88159528151596962518195668774—69917111632114133
Age 14— Boys1051733313518284821—103318—10483—77925121765119166
Girls1078781294329177017—102349610726—82322629763143169
Total71414791230545118957142371686624926708853—502417233943776702694
Percentage6713230.616.78003.39613.50.499.30.7—70.424. 15.573.013.613.4
London5644320416.677.46097 52.20.399.20.70.170 .026.13.466.219.314.5