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Bethnal Green 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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priority groups are available. Accommodation is
also made available when mothers have to undergo
medical treatment in hospital or in cases of urgent
domestic difficulties.
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE.
The County Medical Officer has kindly furnished me with the following statistics giving the results of the medical inspection of school children in the borough:
| Children examined | 3,272 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethnal Green. Per cent | London (Average) Per cent. | ||
| Clothing and Boots: | |||
| Good | 2,105 | 64.33 | 69.99 |
| Fair | 1,163 | 35.54 | 29.75 |
| Poor | 4 | 0.12 | 0.26 |
| N utrition: | |||
| Excellent | 459 | 14.03 | 17.98 |
| Normal | 2,565 | 78.39 | 76.19 |
| Slightly subnormal | 247 | 7.55 | 5.78 |
| Malnutrition | 1 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Cleanliness of Head: | |||
| Clean | 3,183 | 97.28 | 98.59 |
| Nits | 68 | 2.08 | 1.14 |
| Verminous | 21 | 0.64 | 0.27 |
| Cleanliness of Body: | |||
| Clean | 3,266 | 99.28 | 99.65 |
| Dirty | 6 | 0.18 | 0.34 |
| Verminous | — | — | 0.01 |
| Teeth: | |||
| All sound | 2,452 | 74.94 | 73.38 |
| Less than 4 decayed | 674 | 20.60 | 22.45 |
| Four or more decayec | 146 | 4.46 | 4.17 |