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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 I. iii
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 1902. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 135 | 62.2 | 35.6 | 2.2 | 19.3 | 74.0 | 6.7 | - | 90.4 | 9.6 | - | 69.6 | 30.4 | - | 80.8 | 13.3 | 5.9 |
| Battersea | 1,334 | 52.8 | 40.0 | 7.2 | 18.4 | 72.0 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 96.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 83.4 | 15.7 | 0.9 | 36.9 | 400 | 23.1 |
| Bermondsey | 1,148 | 47.3 | 43.1 | 9.6 | 44.9 | 43.7 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 90.7 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 70.8 | 24.7 | 4.5 | 52.6 | 35.0 | 12.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,180 | 35.6 | 52.9 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 45.5 | 44.9 | 0.1 | 79.6 | 20.1 | 0.3 | 50.3 | 46.4 | 3.3 | 44.7 | 51.8 | 3.5 |
| Camberwell | 2,370 | 63.7 | 31.1 | 5.2 | 15.7 | 72.8 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 86.3 | 12.7 | 1.0 | 77.0 | 19.4 | 3.6 | 57.9 | 30.9 | 11.2 |
| Chelsea | 472 | 36.9 | 53.6 | 9.5 | 49.2 | 41.5 | 9.3 | — | 66.5 | 29.5 | 4.0 | 66.9 | 29.9 | 3.2 | 66.3 | 28.0 | 5.7 |
| Deptford | 765 | 61.3 | 35.6 | 3.1 | 21.8 | 64.3 | 13.9 | — | 85.4 | 12.9 | 1.7 | 80.2 | 16.5 | 3.3 | 57.1 | 35.2 | 7.7 |
| Finsbury | 738 | 24.2 | 61.8 | 14.0 | 24.4 | 65.2 | 10.4 | — | 83.6 | 16.4 | - | 44.8 | 50.3 | 4.9 | 58.3 | 36.8 | 4.9 |
| Fulham | 1,181 | 57.3 | 40.4 | 2.3 | 26.6 | 49.9 | 23.3 | 0.2 | 93.2 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 83.5 | 16.0 | 0.5 | 59.4 | 29.3 | 11.3 |
| Greenwich | 865 | 45.9 | 51.3 | 2.8 | 46.1 | 47.1 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 67.1 | 32.7 | 0.2 | 56.0 | 43.1 | 0.9 | 230 | 74.7 | 2.3 |
| Hackney | 1,768 | 53.6 | 420 | 4.4 | 30.0 | 60.0 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 94.5 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 86.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 65.7 | 24.4 | 9.9 |
| Hammersmith | 870 | 87.6 | 11.8 | 0.6 | 10.3 | 80.8 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 97.4 | 2.6 | — | 96.0 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 52.5 | 35.6 | 11.9 |
| Hampstead | 240 | 35.4 | 58.3 | 6.3 | 34.2 | 52.9 | 12.9 | — | 98.8 | 1.2 | — | 87.5 | 12.5 | — | 20.4 | 63.8 | 15.8 |
| Holborn | 189 | 55.5 | 37.6 | 6.9 | 19.6 | 73.0 | 7.4 | — | 90.5 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 66.1 | 31.8 | 2.1 | 66.7 | 21.7 | 11.6 |
| Islington | 2,461 | 51.7 | 42.9 | 5.4 | 15.7 | 67.7 | 16.5 | 0.1 | 92.0 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 84.7 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 58.8 | 311 | 10.1 |
| Kensington | 782 | 27.6 | 61.0 | 11.4 | 35.4 | 56.4 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 75.6 | 24.2 | 0.2 | 65.9 | 29.9 | 4.2 | 21.5 | 73.8 | 4.7 |
| Lambeth | 2,637 | 61.8 | 35.8 | 2.4 | 23.6 | 69.1 | 7.3 | — | 94.9 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 79.1 | 19.7 | 1.2 | 61.2 | 28.4 | 10.4 |
| Lewisham | 1,187 | 85.5 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 26.0 | 62.3 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 98.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 82.0 | 17.3 | 0.7 | 54.4 | 38.6 | 7.0 |
| Paddington | 841 | 68.4 | 29.8 | 1.8 | 53.9 | 42.1 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 99.2 | 0.8 | — | 96.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 36.5 | 56.7 | 6.8 |
| Poplar | 1,356 | 34.4 | 57.5 | 8.1 | 19.8 | 61.7 | 17.9 | 0.6 | 90.6 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 73.1 | 26.3 | 0.6 | 69.0 | 29.4 | 1.6 |
| St. Marylebone | 567 | 75.7 | 22.7 | 1.6 | 77.1 | 22.2 | 0.7 | — | 98.4 | 1.6 | — | 96.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 56.4 | 32.1 | 11.5 |
| St. Pancras | 1,337 | 62.4 | 34.2 | 3.4 | 26.4 | 64.8 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 92.3 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 78.9 | 20.3 | 0.8 | 41.9 | 44.0 | 14.1 |
| Shoreditch | 1,053 | 33.4 | 55.2 | 11.4 | 24.5 | 65 8 | 9.7 | — | 56 3 | 433 | 0.4 | 48.1 | 49 1 | 2.8 | 68.8 | 26.2 | 5.0 |
| Southwark | 1,751 | 21.7 | 63.5 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 67.2 | 18.3 | 0.1 | 87.5 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 46.1 | 48.0 | 5.9 | 40.3 | 49.6 | 10.1 |
| Stepney | 2,877 | 48.4 | 47.7 | 3.9 | 27.5 | 58.4 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 89.6 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 69.0 | 29.5 | 1.5 | 59.2 | 35.3 | 5.5 |
| Stoke Newington | 264 | 49.3 | 47.7 | 3.0 | 43.5 | 54.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 95.1 | 4.9 | — | 92.0 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 61.7 | 23.9 | 14.4 |
| Wandsworth | 2,299 | 72.9 | 24.6 | 2.5 | 25.2 | 66.1 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 96.2 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 91.0 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 43.6 | 45.0 | 11.4 |
| Westminster | 531 | 51.0 | 43.9 | 5.1 | 55.9 | 36.9 | 7.2 | — | 80.6 | 18.3 | 1.1 | 79.9 | 18.8 | 1.3 | 57.1 | 33.5 | 9.4 |
| Woolwich | 1,057 | 34.3 | 63.8 | 1.9 | 28.7 | 66.7 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 71.7 | 28.1 | 0.2 | 72.2 | 27.2 | 0.6 | 23.5 | 69.0 | 7.5 |
| London County | 33,661 | 52.6 | 41.9 | 5.5 | 26.4 | 61.1 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 88.5 | 11.2 | 0.3 | 75.1 | 23.0 | 1.9 | 51.9 | 38.9 | 9.2 |
| GIRLS BORN IN 1902. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 106 | 60.4 | 36.8 | 2.8 | 29.2 | 62.3 | 8.5 | - | 50.9 | 47.2 | 1.9 | 61.4 | 37.7 | 0.9 | 77.4 | 16.0 | 6.6 |
| Battersea | 1,338 | 58.7 | 37.3 | 4.0 | 21.9 | 67.0 | 11.0 | 0.1 | 71.8 | 28.0 | 0.2 | 82.0 | 17.7 | 0.3 | 40.9 | 41.8 | 17.3 |
| Bermondsey | 1,252 | 51.4 | 42.0 | 6.6 | 40.9 | 46.6 | 12.5 | — | 75.8 | 24.0 | 0.2 | 71.3 | 25.7 | 3.0 | 51.8 | 36.6 | 11.6 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,238 | 41.9 | 54.2 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 53.3 | 34.2 | — | 51.4 | 42.1 | 6.5 | 67.6 | 30.5 | 1.9 | 43.3 | 54.5 | 2.2 |
| Camberwell | 1,997 | 66.2 | 31.9 | 1.9 | 15.4 | 74.1 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 67.9 | 30.6 | 1.5 | 75.4 | 22.0 | 2.6 | 62.3 | 27.8 | 9.9 |
| Chelsea | 374 | 37.7 | 54.5 | 7.8 | 46.0 | 46.2 | 7.8 | — | 69.2 | 27.3 | 3.5 | 70.6 | 28.1 | 1.3 | 51.8 | 34.0 | 14.2 |
| Deptford | 871 | 73.1 | 25.2 | 1.7 | 27.0 | 58.7 | 14.3 | — | 75.5 | 23.1 | 1.4 | 76.1 | 21.7 | 2.2 | 63.5 | 30.8 | 5.7 |
| Finsbury | 729 | 34.4 | 58.6 | 7.0 | 34.6 | 58.4 | 7.0 | — | 55.3 | 41.0 | 3.7 | 59.0 | 39.2 | 1.8 | 58.3 | 37.7 | 4.0 |
| Fulham | 1,241 | 64.4 | 34.3 | 1.3 | 32.5 | 47.1 | 19.8 | 0.6 | 78.8 | 20.5 | 0.7 | 92.6 | 7.4 | — | 62.4 | 27.5 | 10.1 |
| Greenwich | 869 | 42.1 | 57.7 | 0.2 | 48.3 | 47.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 69.6 | 28.8 | 1.6 | 73.9 | 25.6 | 0.5 | 38.0 | 59.4 | 2.6 |
| Hackney | 1.873 | 57.7 | 40.4 | 1.9 | 32.4 | 61.4 | 6.1 | 01 | 78.8 | 19.8 | 1.3 | 86.7 | 12.9 | 0.4 | 66.9 | 23.8 | 9.3 |
| Hammersmith | 786 | 89.4 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 18 6 | 73.8 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 81.3 | 18.4 | 0.3 | 96.1 | 3.9 | — | 54.2 | 36.4 | 9.4 |
| Hampstead | 242 | 38.4 | 57.9 | 3.7 | 43.8 | 45.5 | 10.7 | — | 80.6 | 19.4 | — | 86.0 | 13.6 | 0.4 | 27.7 | 60.7 | 11.6 |
| Holborn | 254 | 68.5 | 28.3 | 3.2 | 32.3 | 64.6 | 3.1 | — | 74.0 | 25.2 | 0.8 | 78.0 | 20.4 | 1.6 | 72.5 | 17.3 | 10.2 |
| Islington | 2,508 | 55.3 | 41.7 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 58.5 | 19.3 | 0.0 | 61.1 | 36.6 | 2.3 | 86.2 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 60.3 | 31.3 | 8.4 |
| Kensington | 830 | 30.9 | 62.2 | 6.9 | 37.7 | 55.2 | 7.1 | — | 55.1 | 41.3 | 3.6 | 59.8 | 37.2 | 3.0 | 25.7 | 70.0 | 4.3 |
| Lambeth | 1,954 | 69.6 | 29.2 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 63.7 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 81.0 | 17.7 | 1.3 | 85.9 | 13.4 | 0.7 | 62.7 | 28.9 | 8.4 |
| Lewisham | 1.151 | 90.3 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 31.4 | 58.6 | 10.0 | — | 94.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 88.8 | 10.9 | 0.3 | 51.0 | 42.1 | 6.9 |
| Paddington | 761 | 71.3 | 27.9 | 0.8 | 54.3 | 43.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 81.2 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 91.7 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 32.5 | 62.2 | 5.3 |
| Poplar | 1,472 | 47.3 | 46.7 | 6.0 | 28.2 | 58.2 | 13.1 | 0.5 | 61.9 | 34.6 | 3.5 | 84.3 | 15.2 | 0.5 | 71.8 | 26.8 | 1.4 |
| St. Marylebone | 463 | 86.0 | 13.6 | 0.4 | 78.9 | 20.7 | 0.4 | — | 91.6 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 94.8 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 61.8 | 31.1 | 7.1 |
| St. Pancras | 1,381 | 56.7 | 41.1 | 2.2 | 34.5 | 57.4 | 8.1 | — | 67.9 | 30.4 | 1.7 | 83.8 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 50.3 | 39.5 | 10.2 |
| Shoreditch | 1,066 | 33.9 | 58.5 | 7.6 | 27.1 | 64.4 | 8.5 | — | 37.0 | 59.2 | 3.8 | 48.1 | 50.8 | 11 | 64.6 | 31.2 | 4.2 |
| Southwark | 1,806 | 25.6 | 64.3 | 0.1 | 17.1 | 62.2 | 20.5 | 0.2 | 48.8 | 49.5 | 1.7 | 49.1 | 46.4 | 4.5 | 41.1 | 50.1 | 8.8 |
| Stepney | 2,796 | 47.9 | 50.0 | 2.1 | 29.4 | 59.8 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 58.3 | 40.2 | 1.5 | 69.5 | 29.1 | 1.4 | 59.1 | 36.1 | 4.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 240 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 1.2 | 42.9 | 55.4 | 1.7 | — | 76.6 | 21.7 | 1.7 | 91.3 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 60.0 | 23.3 | 16.7 |
| Wandsworth | 2.352 | 76.0 | 22.3 | 1.7 | 33.1 | 58.4 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 83.0 | 16.6 | 0.4 | 91.8 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 49.2 | 43.3 | 7.5 |
| Westminster | 539 | 44.5 | 49.2 | 6.3 | 51.6 | 40.6 | 7.8 | — | 75.3 | 23.6 | 1.1 | 76.8 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 62.9 | 27.1 | 10.0 |
| Woolwich | 1,001 | 38.9 | 59.8 | 1.3 | 26.6 | 67.4 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 69.4 | 20.8 | 9.8 | 74.2 | 25.1 | 0.7 | 31.2 | 64.0 | 4.8 |
| London County | 33,490 | 55.9 | 40.8 | 3.3 | 29.9 | 58.6 | 11.4 | 0.1 | 68.8 | 29.3 | 1.9 | 78.0 | 20.7 | 1.3 | 54.1 | 38.2 | 7.7 |