[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough] page 55

Bethnal Green 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1937

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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1937

Age Groups	Number Examined	CLOTHING AND BOOTS			NUTRITION				CLEANLINESS OF HEAD			CLEANLINESS OF BODY			TEETH			VISION
Age Groups	Number Examined	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	735	44	691	-	83	570	80	2	727	7	1	726	9	—	422	262	51	—	-	-
Girls	675	44	630	1	87	502	81	5	661	13	1	661	14	—	354	289	32	—	—	—
Age 7—
Boys	688	35	651	2	54	528	106	—	686	1	1	688	—	—	491	184	13	378	192	116
Girls	672	37	633	2	75	182	113	2	669	1	2	670	2	—	464	192	16	356	211	100
Age 11—
Boys	645	30	614	1	47	502	96	—	644	1	—	642	1	2	508	132	5	396	148	100
Girls	757	16	739	2	72	577	107	1	751	6	—	755	2	—	572	181	4	475	155	125
Age 14—
Boys	698	16	682	—	76	582	40	—	696	2	—	696	2	—	518	175	5	478	115	103
Girls	861	80	780	1	187	616	58	—	848	12	1	860	1	—	618	236	7	520	190	149
Total	5731	302	5420	9	681	4359	618	10	5682	43	6	5698	31	2	3947	1651	133	2603	1011	693
Percentage		5.3	94.5	0.2	11.9	76.0	12.1		99.1	0.8	0.1	99.4	0.6	0.0	68.9	28.8	2.3	60.4	23.5	16.1
London		55.6	44.1	0.3	16.5	77.4	6.1		97.6	2.1	0.3	99.1	0.9	0.0	70.2	26.3	3.5	67.6	19.0	13.4