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Holborn 1921

Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health

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ClothingNutritionCleanliness of Head.Cleanliness of Body.Condition of TeethVisionMental Condition.
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Entrants, Boys702211952243153028-3037-1609555
Percentage22.671.36.116.878.44.897.42.697.12.351.630.617.8
Entrants, Girls77243146326110266617324911929448
Percentage23.072.84.218.978.13.079.618.32.197.02.70.357.528.114.4
Age 8, Boys65155483621913258732625115876341386555-253132
Percentage24.357.817.913.481.74.996.32.61.197.81.80.458.928.412.651.524.220.594.44.80.8
Age 8, Girls9520331662431912081101131214319110434170767823234
Percentage28.961.79.420.073.95.80.363.233.43.494.84.30.958.131.610.351.623.123.70.698.21.2
Age 12, Boys541534642194172458251217961131434168-2467
Percentage21.360.518.216.676.76.796.83.299.80.870.824.15.158.516.226.997.22.8
Age 12, Girls69199289918710196881228972146418181476822904
Percentage23.367.29.533.463.23.466.229.74.197.62.472.321.66.161.215.922.90.797.91.4
Age 14, Boys822065492240103347133842438613218467732814
Percentage24.060.215.827.070.12.997.72.00.398.81.271.125.13.863.713.522.596.04.0
Age 14, Girls752042712317211194104829411122868101944764292131
Percentage24.566.78.840.256.23.663.43402.696.13.60.374.522.23.363.415.420.995.44.30.3

Clothing 1 = good; 2 = fair; 3 = bad.
Nutrition 1 = excellent; 2 = normal; 3 = below normal; 4 = bad.
Cleanliness—Head 1 = Clean; 2 = nits only; 3 = pediculi.
Body 1 = Clean; 2 = dirty; 3 = pediculi.
Teeth 1 = sound; 2 = less than four decayed; 3 = more than three decayed.
Vision 1 = 6-6 both eyes; 2 = 6-9 in cither eye; 3 = 6-12 or worse in either eye.
Mental Condition 1 = bright; 2 = norma.; 3 = dull; 4 = backward.