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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1935.
Age Groups
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
4 decayed
4 or more
decayed
'6/6 in both eyes
6/9 in either or
both eyes
6/12 or worse in
either or both
eyes
ENTRANTS
Boys
929
66
861
2
85
752
88
4
915
14
—
925
4
—
496
377
56
—
—
—
Girls
843
69
772
2
98
662
81
2
820
18
5
838
5
—
478
321
44
—
—
—
Age 7—
Boys
593
73
518
2
38
482
72
1
587
6
—
590
3
—
388
195
10
261
223
97
Girls
537
29
505
3
50
423
63
1
522
15
—
586
1
—
350
170
17
233
196
105
Age 11—
Boys
715
28
681
6
47
600
68
—
700
15
—
709
5
1
507
204
4
427
166
121
Girls
760
23
737
—
66
625
66
3
740
20
—
754
6
—
516
230
14
433
191
132
Age 14—
Boys
739
21
716
2
92
593
52
2
738
1
—
738
1
—
523
207
9
450
156
130
Girls
868
32
835
1
125
715
28
—
856
12
—
864
3
1
593
266
9
531
177
155
'Total
5984
341
5625
18
601
4852
578
13
5878
101
5
5954
28
2
3857
1970
163
2335
1109
740
Percentage
5.7
94.0
0.3
10.0
81.1
8.9
98.2
1.7
().1
99.5
0.5
0.0
64.4
32.9
2.7
55.8
26.5
17.7
London
54.2
45.3
0.5
17.4
76.9
5.7
97.2
2.5
0.3
99.0
0.9
0.1
68.9
27.0
4.1
66.4
19.0
14.6