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London County Council 1914
Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...
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ii. Annual Report of the London County Council, 1914.
APPENDIX 1.—(Contd.)
Classification of children as to condition of clothing, nutrition, cleanliness and condition of teeth.
Percentage in each class.
| 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 | ||
| BOYS BORN IN 1906. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 102 | 52.0 | 48.0 | . | 20.6 | 65.7 | 13.7 | . | 97.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 86.2 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 72.6 | 7.8 | 19.6 |
| Battersea | 1,281 | 48.3 | 46.5 | 5.2 | 25.2 | 67.3 | 7.3 | 02 | 91.0 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 86.1 | 130 | 0.9 | 34.6 | 42.3 | 23.1 |
| Bermondsey | 1,100 | 321 | 580 | 9.9 | 19.6 | 71.0 | 9.4 | . | 87.2 | 11.9 | 0.9 | 71.1 | 26.0 | 2.9 | 26.6 | 53.8 | 19.6 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,403 | 25.6 | 64.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 65.7 | 24.6 | 0.2 | 86.1 | 12.8 | 1.1 | 70.4 | 28.2 | 1.4 | 52.9 | 42.7 | 4.4 |
| Camberwell | 2,197 | 59.2 | 35.7 | 51 | 15.5 | 71.2 | 13.2 | 0.1 | 85.4 | 12.8 | 1.8 | 75.8 | 21.3 | 2.9 | 51.0 | 37.1 | 11.9 |
| Chelsea | 374 | 13.9 | 82.6 | 3.5 | 13.4 | 70.3 | 16.3 | — | 79.1 | 20.9 | — | 81.6 | 17.6 | 0.8 | 35.8 | 52.2 | 12.0 |
| Deptford | 815 | 480 | 48.7 | 3.3 | 18.9 | 76.7 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 89.7 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 83.6 | 14.7 | 1.7 | 37.9 | 48.9 | 13.2 |
| Finsbury | 820 | 250 | 58.3 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 67.7 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 84.4 | 14.6 | 1.0 | 52.2 | 44.8 | 3.0 | 52.3 | 42.6 | 5.1 |
| Fulham | 1,335 | 54.2 | 42.9 | 2.9 | 13.1 | 72.0 | 14.8 | 0.1 | 88.1 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 79.0 | 20.4 | 0.6 | 42.6 | 44.4 | 13.0 |
| Greenwich | 876 | 48.4 | 47.1 | 4.5 | 33.9 | 55.6 | 10.5 | — | 72.0 | 27.4 | 0.6 | 59.9 | 38.8 | 1.3 | 38.2 | 560 | 5.8 |
| Hackney | 1,773 | 48.2 | 39.6 | 12.2 | 26.9 | 64.5 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 85.6 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 71.9 | 26.3 | 1.8 | 67.8 | 24.1 | 8.1 |
| Hammersmith | 866 | 80.1 | 18.5 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 88.8 | 6.6 | . | 96.3 | 3.7 | — | 94.1 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 52.8 | 38.1 | 9.1 |
| Hampstead | 304 | 55.9 | 39.8 | 4.3 | 35.2 | 62.8 | 2.0 | — | 91.1 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 83.6 | 16.4 | . | 45.7 | 45.1 | 9.2 |
| Holborn | 248 | 38.3 | 54.0 | 7.7 | 33.0 | 58.5 | 8.5 | — | 85.5 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 77.0 | 20.6 | 2.4 | 76.6 | 18.6 | 4.8 |
| Islington | 2,351 | 47.6 | 44.0 | 8.4 | 20.6 | 69.4 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 91.3 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 73.1 | 24.5 | 2.4 | 53.6 | 32.4 | 14.0 |
| Kensington | 763 | 57.8 | 41.3 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 88.1 | 3.5 | — | 85.4 | 14.5 | 0.1 | 91.1 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 25.7 | 63.0 | 11.3 |
| Lambeth | 1,894 | 54.8 | 41.7 | 3.5 | 19.6 | 75.6 | 4.8 | — | 90.3 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 76.9 | 20.9 | 2.2 | 52.2 | 27.4 | 20.4 |
| Lewisham | 1,031 | 81.0 | 18.2 | 0.8 | 30.0 | 53.0 | 17.0 | — | 96.6 | 3.4 | — | 80.0 | 18.4 | 1.6 | 47.1 | 46.0 | 6.9 |
| Paddington | 786 | 56.9 | 41.1 | 2.0 | 21.1 | 75.3 | 3.6 | — | 94.7 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 85.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 34.1 | 52.7 | 13.2 |
| Poplar | 1,553 | 32.6 | 60.9 | 6.5 | 26.0 | 64.9 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 87.0 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 72.4 | 26.0 | 1.6 | 59.2 | 33.9 | 6.9 |
| St. Marylebone | 581 | 41.7 | 54.2 | 4.1 | 21.5 | 75.7 | 2.8 | — | 80.4 | 19.5 | 0.1 | 78.3 | 20.5 | 1.2 | 48.7 | 38.9 | 12.4 |
| St. Pancras | 1,410 | 52.6 | 43.8 | 3.6 | 23.2 | 70.4 | 6.4 | — | 86.6 | 13.3 | 0.1 | 81.3 | 17.7 | 1.0 | 46.1 | 40.3 | 13.6 |
| Shoreditch | 1,127 | 27.1 | 57.0 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 72.2 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 81.5 | 18.4 | 0.1 | 69.0 | 28.7 | 2.3 | 71.7 | 20.9 | 7.4 |
| Southwark | 1,800 | 34.6 | 51.8 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 72.6 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 82.7 | 16.5 | 0.8 | 49.7 | 44.8 | 5.5 | 34.2 | 47.6 | 18.2 |
| Stepney | 2,810 | 41.3 | 54.5 | 4.2 | 21.5 | 66.7 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 83.7 | 15.9 | 0.4 | 64.2 | 33.8 | 2.0 | 50.7 | 38.6 | 10.7 |
| Stoke Newington | 249 | 53.4 | 42.2 | 4.4 | 29.3 | 66.3 | 4.4 | — | 96.8 | 3.2 | . | 94.4 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 72.3 | 21.7 | 6.0 |
| Wandsworth | 2,214 | 60.7 | 34.5 | 4.8 | 17.5 | 76.1 | 6.4 | — | 85.6 | 14.1 | 0.3 | 90.8 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 44.1 | 40.8 | 15.1 |
| Westminster | 487 | 38.4 | 57.7 | 3.9 | 34.3 | 57.7 | 8.0 | — | 98.6 | 1.4 | . | 93.4 | 6.6 | . | 45.8 | 36.6 | 17.6 |
| Woolwich | 1,085 | 62.8 | 35.1 | 2.1 | 16.8 | 74.9 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 83.4 | 15.9 | 0.7 | 83.2 | 15.4 | 1.4 | 67.6 | 31.4 | 1.0 |
| London County | 33,635 | 47.8 | 45.9 | 6.3 | 19.9 | 70.1 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 86.9 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 75.3 | 22.9 | 1.8 | 48.9 | 39.1 | 12.0 |
| GIRLS BORN IN 1906. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 122 | 54.9 | 45.1 | — | 23.8 | 67.2 | 9.0 | . | 69.7 | 30.3 | . | 86.9 | 12.3 | 0.8 | 82.0 | 6.6 | 11.4 |
| Battersea | 1,322 | 55.9 | 41.5 | 2.6 | 21.5 | 69.2 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 69.0 | 30.4 | 0.6 | 87.6 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 33.9 | 42.9 | 23.2 |
| Bermondsey | 1,157 | 35.1 | 58.9 | 6.0 | 22.6 | 69.9 | 7.5 | — | 61.7 | 35.7 | 2.6 | 72.3 | 25.1 | 2.6 | 26.0 | 58.3 | 15.7 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,334 | 23.4 | 70.5 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 72.6 | 19.4 | — | 48.2 | 49.1 | 2.7 | 74.3 | 23.7 | 2.0 | 53.5 | 43.6 | 2.9 |
| Camberwell | 2,193 | 62.2 | 35.4 | 2.4 | 16.1 | 71.6 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 69.5 | 28.4 | 2.1 | 76.6 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 52.4 | 36.9 | 10.7 |
| Chelsea | 362 | 13.0 | 85.1 | 1.9 | 15.2 | 69.9 | 14.9 | — | 86.7 | 13.3 | . | 82.6 | 17.4 | . | 31.5 | 55.5 | 13.0 |
| Deptford | 802 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 2.9 | 24.3 | 71.8 | 3.9 | — | 69.3 | 28.1 | 2.6 | 83.9 | 15.5 | 0.6 | 42.4 | 45.6 | 12.0 |
| Finsbury | 796 | 27.2 | 64.6 | 8.2 | 27.8 | 60.5 | 11.7 | . | 50.3 | 43.7 | 6.0 | 54.9 | 42.3 | 2.8 | 51.6 | 43.1 | 5.3 |
| Fulham | 1,258 | 56.4 | 42.5 | 1.1 | 11.7 | 74.8 | 13.4 | 0.1 | 72.8 | 25.3 | 1.9 | 78.4 | 21.2 | 0.4 | 46.9 | 40.2 | 12.9 |
| Greenwich | 859 | 46.0 | 52.8 | 1.2 | 37.2 | 57.5 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 66.0 | 32.0 | 2.0 | 72.2 | 27.1 | 0.7 | 42.1 | 50.4 | 7.5 |
| Hackney | 1,764 | 57.2 | 38.2 | 4.6 | 30.0 | 61.7 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 57.7 | 37.4 | 4.9 | 78.7 | 20.2 | 1.1 | 66.1 | 25.8 | 8.1 |
| Hammersmith | 804 | 83.3 | 16.7 | — | 8.6 | 86.9 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 83.6 | 16.3 | 0.1 | 96.6 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 58.3 | 33.4 | 8.3 |
| Hampstead | 326 | 56.4 | 41.1 | 2.5 | 37.4 | 58.9 | 3.7 | . | 77.9 | 21.5 | 0.6 | 87.8 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 34.7 | 57.0 | 8.3 |
| Holborn | 221 | 56.6 | 40.2 | 3.2 | 39.4 | 53.8 | 6.8 | — | 65.1 | 32.6 | 2.3 | 78.3 | 18.5 | 3.2 | 67.9 | 26.2 | 5.9 |
| Islington | 2,297 | 54.9 | 40.8 | 4.3 | 24.8 | 64.5 | 10.5 | 0.2 | 63.2 | 35.5 | 1.3 | 73.8 | 24.0 | 2.2 | 50.8 | 33.6 | 15.6 |
| Kensington | 844 | 64.1 | 33.9 | 2.0 | 12.1 | 84.5 | 3.4 | — | 66.0 | 32.8 | 1.2 | 93.4 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 28.2 | 61.0 | 10.8 |
| Lambeth | 1,869 | 57.9 | 40.3 | 1.8 | 17.9 | 77.8 | 4.3 | . | 76.5 | 21.1 | 2.4 | 80.0 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 50.9 | 29.3 | 19.8 |
| Lewisham | 1,139 | 82.7 | 16.8 | 0.5 | 34.4 | 50.8 | 14.8 | — | 93.1 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 82.7 | 16.6 | 0.7 | 48.8 | 46.1 | 5.1 |
| Paddington | 806 | 56.6 | 41.5 | 1.9 | 26.2 | 71.3 | 2.5 | — | 70.3 | 27.4 | 2.3 | 85.1 | 14.5 | 0.4 | 34.9 | 52.6 | 12.5 |
| Poplar | 1,355 | 38.6 | 58.6 | 2.8 | 29.7 | 62.8 | 7.5 | — | 58.2 | 40.4 | 1.4 | 75.1 | 24.0 | 0.9 | 60.2 | 33.3 | 6.5 |
| St. Marylebone | 559 | 47.8 | 513 | 0.9 | 29.5 | 67.3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 78.2 | 21.1 | 0.7 | 75.2 | 24.5 | 0.3 | 39.5 | 50.8 | 9.7 |
| St. Pancras | 1,269 | 52.2 | 45.7 | 2.1 | 20.2 | 73.5 | 6.3 | — | 68.7 | 28.7 | 2.6 | 80.4 | 19.0 | 0.6 | 44.8 | 41.9 | 13.3 |
| Shoreditch | 1,079 | 32.5 | 56.9 | 10.6 | 25.0 | 66.4 | 8.6 | . | 47.5 | 49.1 | 3.4 | 70.3 | 28.7 | 1.0 | 76.3 | 17.2 | 6.5 |
| Southwark | 1,714 | 37.3 | 52.8 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 71.4 | 15.2 | . | 48.8 | 471 | 4.1 | 52.4 | 42.6 | 5.0 | 30.8 | 50.4 | 18.8 |
| Stepney | 2,787 | 47.3 | 50.1 | 2.6 | 30.5 | 60.4 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 55.9 | 42.2 | 1.9 | 70.5 | 28.6 | 0.9 | 56.9 | 31.9 | 11.2 |
| Stoke Newington | 249 | 49.8 | 48.2 | 2.0 | 32.1 | 65.5 | 2.4 | — | 70.3 | 28.5 | 1.2 | 90.4 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 69.1 | 18.9 | 12.0 |
| Wandsworth | 2,114 | 66.8 | 30.9 | 2.3 | 20.1 | 74.1 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 76.7 | 22.6 | 0.7 | 92.9 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 41.9 | 41.5 | 16.6 |
| Westminster | 554 | 47.5 | 50.7 | 1.8 | 33.5 | 56.0 | 10.5 | — | 88.2 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 89.0 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 48.2 | 39.2 | 12.6 |
| Woolwich | 950 | 53.9 | 45.3 | 0.8 | 26.2 | 68.1 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 78.9 | 18.6 | 2.5 | 86.9 | 11.9 | 1.2 | 70.9 | 27.5 | 1.6 |
| London County | 32,905 | 51.6 | 45.0 | 3.4 | 22.8 | 68.2 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 66.3 | 31.6 | 2.1 | 77.8 | 20.8 | 1.4 | 49.1 | 39.0 | 11.9 |