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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

Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1925. The County Medical Officer of Health has kindly furnished me with particulars of medical inspections of school children in Holborn in 1925. They are classified in the following tables:—

Medical Routine Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1925. The County Medical Officer of Health has kindly furnished me with particulars of medical inspections of school children in Holborn in 1925. They are classified in the following tables:—

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.Nits.Pediculi.Clean.Dirty.Pediculi.All sound.Less 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 eye.
Entrants—
Boys391170204173633025...3583123855121811756.........
Girls363189162143229340...30252113614...21810344.........
Age 8—
Boys19937148142915119...1722521954...1236881302242
Girls17846122102514112...127438178......17760111192330
Age 12—
Boys2264715524391789...19332122151626131471761
Girls22852159174616814...155601322621636231521759
Age 14—
Boys22251158136514215...19923...221...11586131571649
Girls181491257671077...141319181......1245431221840
Total1,9906411,2331163391,510141...1,647297461.9682021,273536131827113281
% Holborn...32 .262.05.817.075.97.1...82.814.92.398.91.00.164.019.467.79.323.0
% London...60.138.61.321.172.96.0...91.08.30.795.34.60.161.830.28.053.926.3198