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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
London County Council 1914
Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...
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APPENDIX 1.
Classification of children as to condition of clothing, nutrition, cleanliness and condition of teeth. Percentage in each class.
1 = good ; 2 = fair ; 3 = poor; 4= malnutrition.
| Number of children examined. | Condition of clothing and foot.gear. | Condition as regards nutrition. | Cleanliness of head. | Cleanliness of body. | Condition of teeth. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| ENTRANTS. BOYS. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 139 | 74.8 | 24.5 | 0.7 | 31.6 | 58.3 | 10.1 | . | 89.9 | 10.1 | . | 88.5 | 11.5 | . | 69.8 | 7.9 | 22.3 |
| Battersea | 1,798 | 62.9 | 34.1 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 61.2 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 88.6 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 84.2 | 14.7 | 1.1 | 43.1 | 28.7 | 28.2 |
| Bermondsey | 1,853 | 59.1 | 37.9 | 3.0 | 32.8 | 59.5 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 86.7 | 13.0 | 0.3 | 79.3 | 19.5 | 1.2 | 45.3 | 43.5 | 11.2 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,775 | 36.5 | 60.5 | 3.0 | 14.4 | 67.3 | 18.3 | . | 90.9 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 83.1 | 15.9 | 1.0 | 55.2 | 39.5 | 5.3 |
| Camberwell | 2,747 | 70.0 | 27.9 | 2.1 | 22.1 | 67.9 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 86.6 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 79.6 | 18.3 | 2.1 | 51.8 | 34.0 | 14.2 |
| Chelsea | 490 | 19.2 | 78.3 | 2.5 | 26.5 | 69.0 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 78.6 | 21.2 | 0.2 | 81.4 | 18.0 | 0.6 | 38.6 | 43.0 | 18.4 |
| Deptford | 1,247 | 58.0 | 38.5 | 3.5 | 33.1 | 64.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 90.2 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 88.2 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 47.6 | 39.8 | 12.6 |
| Finsbury | 1,093 | 32.9 | 58.2 | 8.9 | 28.9 | 58.9 | 12.0 | 0.2 | 80.1 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 60.1 | 38.6 | 1.3 | 49.4 | 40.5 | 10.1 |
| Fulham | 1,824 | 58.9 | 39.8 | 1.3 | 28.1 | 59.9 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 85.4 | 14.3 | 0.3 | 77.9 | 22.0 | 0.1 | 44.5 | 37.5 | 18.0 |
| Greenwich | 980 | 53.8 | 44.3 | 1.9 | 48.1 | 45.8 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 77.7 | 21.8 | 0.5 | 72.7 | 26.6 | 0.7 | 53.3 | 38.5 | 8.2 |
| Hackney | 2,460 | 45.9 | 47.9 | 6.2 | 42.3 | 53.7 | 4.0 | — | 86.5 | 13.1 | 0.4 | 82.6 | 16.6 | 0.8 | 57.5 | 34.2 | 8.3 |
| Hammersmith | 1,114 | 81.7 | 17.9 | 0.4 | 17.6 | 78.7 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 96.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 96.0 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 52.1 | 34.7 | 13.2 |
| Hampstead | 386 | 69.4 | 28.8 | 1.8 | 67.6 | 31.6 | 0.8 | — | 97.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 95.6 | 4.4 | — | 58.0 | 32.7 | 9.3 |
| Holborn | 351 | 71.0 | 25.6 | 3.4 | 34.5 | 53.3 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 86.1 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 72.4 | 25.3 | 2.3 | 57.0 | 31.3 | 11.7 |
| Islington | 3,399 | 56.9 | 39.4 | 37 | 25.1 | 62.7 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 87.5 | 12.1 | 0.4 | 81.2 | 17.3 | 1.5 | 56.9 | 26.5 | 16.6 |
| Kensington | 1,283 | 61.0 | 37.5 | 1.5 | 16.0 | 81.5 | 2.5 | — | 84.3 | 15..4 | 0.3 | 92.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 49.2 | 39.9 | 10.9 |
| Lambeth | 2,745 | 62.4 | 35.1 | 2.5 | 26.0 | 69.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 92.9 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 85.2 | 13.9 | 0.9 | 53.0 | 21.9 | 25.1 |
| Lewisham | 1,640 | 82.4 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 32.7 | 55.5 | 11.8 | — | 96.4 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 80.6 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 57.2 | 32.8 | 10.0 |
| Paddington | 1,228 | 690 | 29.6 | 1.4 | 30.6 | 63.7 | 5.7 | — | 94.1 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 88.3 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 31.6 | 61.7 | 6.7 |
| Poplar | 2,028 | 45.5 | 51.7 | 2.8 | 36.3 | 56.3 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 83.2 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 86.2 | 13.1 | 0.7 | 66.2 | 27.4 | 6.4 |
| St. Marylebone | 867 | 58.4 | 40.3 | 1.3 | 61.3 | 35.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 92.3 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 89.6 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 55.5 | 33.7 | 10.8 |
| St. Pancras | 2,172 | 54.3 | 44.1 | 1.6 | 37.6 | 57.8 | 4.6 | — | 82.7 | 16.6 | 0.7 | 81.3 | 18.4 | 0.3 | 48.0 | 34.7 | 17.3 |
| Shoreditch | 1,208 | 37.6 | 49.7 | 12.7 | 26.2 | 65.8 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 82.5 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 74.7 | 23.9 | 1.4 | 69.2 | 21.7 | 9.1 |
| Southwark | 2,529 | 34.4 | 57.3 | 8.3 | 20.4 | 66.7 | 12.8 | 0.1 | 85.5 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 63.7 | 33.4 | 2.9 | 34.2 | 41.3 | 24.5 |
| Stepney | 4,213 | 51.4 | 45.3 | 3.3 | 37.5 | 53.8 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 88.4 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 74.2 | 24.8 | 1.0 | 53.2 | 33.8 | 13.0 |
| Stoke Newington | 312 | 60.0 | 37.1 | 2.9 | 42.6 | 56.1 | 1.3 | — | 88.5 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 92.6 | 7.4 | — | 74.4 | 20.2 | 5.4 |
| Wandsworth | 3,475 | 72.5 | 25.3 | 2.2 | 33.6 | 61.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 92.3 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 47.5 | 32.3 | 20.2 |
| Westminster | 963 | 44.0 | 52.5 | 3.5 | 46.3 | 43.1 | 10.6 | — | 94.4 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 91.9 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 49.5 | 27.0 | 23.5 |
| Woolwich | 1,323 | 56.8 | 42.1 | 1.1 | 29.6 | 61.1 | 9.3 | — | 87.4 | 11.9 | 0.7 | 88.4 | 10.9 | 0.7 | 68.7 | 29.6 | 1.7 |
| London County | 47,642 | 56.3 | 40.4 | 3.3 | 31.2 | 60.7 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 88.0 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 81.7 | 17.3 | 1.0 | 51.6 | 33.9 | 14.5 |
| ENTRANTS. GIRLS. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 141 | 73.8 | 25.5 | 0.7 | 41.1 | 53.2 | 5.7 | . | 73.0 | 27.0 | — | 90.8 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 76.6 | 8.5 | 14.9 |
| Battersea | 1,779 | 61.6 | 35.6 | 2.8 | 29.4 | 61.5 | 9.1 | — | 72.8 | 26.6 | 0.6 | 82.4 | 16.8 | 0.8 | 41.9 | 32.4 | 25.7 |
| Bermondsey | 1,814 | 62.5 | 35.3 | 2.2 | 30.7 | 57.4 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 72.7 | 26.1 | 1.2 | 78.5 | 20.5 | 1.0 | 44.0 | 45.7 | 10.3 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,824 | 35.1 | 62.7 | 2.2 | 16.7 | 67.9 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 64.7 | 33.7 | 1.6 | 81.6 | 17.7 | 0.7 | 58.7 | 37.1 | 4.2 |
| Camberwell | 2,754 | 73.6 | 25.6 | 0.8 | 25.6 | 66.3 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 72.6 | 25.8 | 1.6 | 77.9 | 20.0 | 2.1 | 51.7 | 33.9 | 14.4 |
| Chelsea | 539 | 19.8 | 78.7 | 1.5 | 25.2 | 70.5 | 4.3 | — | 80.2 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 84.0 | 15.2 | 0.8 | 40.4 | 38.8 | 20.8 |
| Deptford | 1,175 | 610 | 36.4 | 2.6 | 35.7 | 62.9 | 1.4 | — | 77.5 | 20.8 | 1.7 | 88.6 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 44.8 | 40.1 | 15.1 |
| Finsbury | 1,012 | 29.6 | 64.9 | 5.5 | 28.4 | 57.6 | 13.7 | 0.3 | 61.0 | 33.1 | 5.9 | 61.1 | 37.9 | 1.0 | 47.6 | 43.5 | 8.9 |
| Fulham | 1,804 | 58.7 | 40.6 | 0.7 | 29.2 | 58.6 | 12.1 | 0.1 | 73.3 | 24.9 | 1.8 | 80.0 | 19.6 | 0.4 | 40.1 | 41.5 | 18.4 |
| Greenwich | 967 | 54.4 | 44.7 | 0.9 | 57.8 | 38.7 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 71.5 | 27.1 | 1.4 | 75.8 | 23.5 | 0.7 | 55.4 | 35.1 | 9.5 |
| Hackney | 2,412 | 51.6 | 44.1 | 4.3 | 44.7 | 51.7 | 3.6 | — | 65.6 | 29.1 | 5.3 | 83.2 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 58.1 | 34.7 | 7.2 |
| Hammersmith | 1,219 | 83.6 | 16.2 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 81.8 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 88.8 | 10.7 | 0.5 | 95.3 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 55.5 | 31.4 | 13.1 |
| Hampstead | 387 | 70.0 | 29.2 | 0.8 | 64.9 | 33.6 | 1.5 | — | 91. 0 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 95.1 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 52.2 | 36.9 | 10.9 |
| Holborn | 407 | 73.2 | 22.4 | 4.4 | 38.8 | 52.8 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 71.0 | 26.0 | 3.0 | 75.4 | 23.1 | 1.5 | 57.5 | 31.2 | 11.3 |
| Islington | 3,167 | 56.7 | 39.9 | 3.4 | 26.5 | 62.0 | 11.2 | 0.3 | 68.7 | 29.6 | 1.7 | 79.5 | 18.7 | 1.8 | 54.6 | 29.3 | 16.1 |
| Kensington | 1,209 | 60.0 | 38.3 | 1.7 | 14.0 | 83.2 | 2.8 | — | 69.5 | 28.9 | 1.6 | 88.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 49.0 | 40.3 | 10.7 |
| Lambeth | 2,681 | 61.5 | 36.4 | 2.1 | 29.0 | 67.9 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 16.5 | 1.7 | 85.6 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 52.7 | 24.1 | 23.2 |
| Lewisham | 1,450 | 84.4 | 15.5 | 0.1 | 27.5 | 52.1 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 93.3 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 83.4 | 15.9 | 0.7 | 59.1 | 33.0 | 7.9 |
| Paddington | 1,171 | 72.1 | 26.8 | 1.1 | 33.9 | 60.0 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 83.3 | 15.5 | 1.2 | 87.1 | 12.3 | 0.6 | 30.4 | 63.0 | 6.6 |
| Poplar | 2,106 | 38.9 | 59.0 | 2.1 | 33.9 | 59.9 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 74.5 | 24.0 | 1.5 | 86.3 | 13.3 | 0.4 | 65.8 | 28.4 | 5.8 |
| St. Marylebone | 856 | 63.4 | 34.7 | 1.9 | 62.6 | 34.4 | 3.0 | — | 83.8 | 14.2 | 2.0 | 88.8 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 53.0 | 34.5 | 12.5 |
| St. Pancras | 2,056 | 54.3 | 44.4 | 1.3 | 36.1 | 59.7 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 66.8 | 30.5 | 2.7 | 80.7 | 18.6 | 0.7 | 48.0 | 37.3 | 14.7 |
| Shoreditch | 1,385 | 37.3 | 51.1 | 11.6 | 27.6 | 66.3 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 56.7 | 39.8 | 3.5 | 72.6 | 26.1 | 1.3 | 74.9 | 17.7 | 7.4 |
| Southwark | 2,469 | 33.0 | 60.6 | 6.4 | 18.7 | 68.1 | 13.0 | 0.2 | 62.1 | 35.5 | 2.4 | 60.2 | 37.0 | 2.8 | 31.4 | 41.8 | 26.8 |
| Stepney | 4,476 | 51.0 | 46.6 | 2.4 | 38.8 | 53.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 30.8 | 1.2 | 74.8 | 23.8 | 1.1 | 57.6 | 31.8 | 10.6 |
| Stoke Newington | 317 | 65.0 | 33.8 | 1.6 | 45.4 | 52.7 | 1.9 | — | 64.0 | 34.4 | 1.6 | 91.2 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 75.1 | 20.2 | 4.7 |
| Wandsworth | 3,313 | 74.0 | 24.5 | 1.5 | 32.7 | 61.9 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 82.7 | 16.5 | 0.8 | 91.4 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 47.1 | 34.4 | 18.5 |
| Westminster | 949 | 44.8 | 52.3 | 2.9 | 41.8 | 50.4 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 89.9 | 9.6 | 0.5 | 89.7 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 46.9 | 28.1 | 25.0 |
| Woolwich | 1,242 | 60.2 | 38.9 | 0.9 | 33.9 | 61.7 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 84.4 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 91.9 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 73.8 | 24.8 | 1.4 |
| London County | 47,081 | 56.7 | 40.7 | 2.6 | 32.2 | 60.6 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 73.5 | 24.7 | 1.8 | 81.3 | 17.7 | 1.0 | 52.0 | 34.3 | 13.7 |