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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
Bethnal Green 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1936
| 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 | Pedicull | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi | All sound | Loss 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 | 754 | 44 | 707 | 3 | 98 | 543 | 113 | _ | 748 | 6 | - | 751 | 3 | _ | 423 | 293 | 38 | — | — | - |
| Girls | 700 | 44 | 656 | — | 103 | 511 | 82 | 4 | 692 | 8 | - | 697 | 3 | - | 380 | 281 | 29 | — | — | — |
| Age 7— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 626 | 38 | 588 | — | 54 | 460 | 112 | — | 622 | 4 | — | 625 | 1 | — | 443 | 177 | 6 | 317 | 213 | 89 |
| Girls | 646 | 46 | 600 | — | 61 | 490 | 94 | 1 | 641 | 4 | 1 | 646 | — | — | 439 | 200 | 304 | 230 | 108 | |
| Age 11— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 736 | 25 | 710 | 1 | 62 | 577 | 96 | 1 | 731 | 5 | — | 729 | 7 | — | 567 | 164 | 5 | 442 | 163 | 128 |
| Girls | 717 | 25 | 689 | 3 | 108 | 531 | 75 | 3 | 703 | 13 | 1 | 712 | 5 | — | 542 | 174 | 1 | 432 | 170 | 115 |
| Age 14— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 694 | 15 | 678 | 1 | 112 | 545 | 36 | 1 | 691 | 2 | 1 | 690 | 2 | 2 | 539 | 152 | 3 | 457 | 118 | 118 |
| Girls | 906 | 43 | 863 | - | 167 | 704 | 35 | — | 895 | 10 | 1 | 899 | 7 | - | 634 | 2f,7 | 5 | 550 | 177 | 174 |
| Total | 5779 | 280 | 5491 | 8 | 765 | 4361 | 643 | 10 | 5723 | 52 | 4 | 5749 | 28 | 2 | 3977 | 1708 | 94 | 2502 | 1071 | 782 |
| Percentage | 4.8 | 95.1 | 0.1 | 13.2 | 75.5 | 11.3 | 99.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 99.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 68.8 | 29.6 | 1.6 | 58.1 | 24.9 | 17.0 | ||
| London | 56.4 | 43.2 | 0.4 | 16.6 | 77.4 | 6.0 | 97.5 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 99.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 70.5 | 26.1 | 3.4 | 66.2 | 19.3 | 14.5 | ||