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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
Hampstead 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Table showing Results of Routine Medical inspection of Entrant Children in Hampstead to Elementary Schools during the year 1938, indicating the conditions with regard to Clothing, Nutrition, Cleanliness and Teeth of the Children examined.
| Number who were examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Teeth. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than 4 decayed. | 4 or more decayed. | No. rec. for treatment | ||
| Entramts: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 300 | 280 | 19 | 1 | 55 | 229 | 16 | - | 300 | - | - | 300 | - | - | 181 | 93 | 26 | 119 |
| Girls | 288 | 281 | 7 | - | 61 | 212 | 15 | - | 287 | 1 | - | 288 | - | - | 156 | 92 | 40 | 126 |
| Total | 588 | 561 | 26 | 1 | 116 | 441 | 31 | - | 587 | 1 | - | 588 | - | - | 337 | 185 | 66 | 245 |
| Hampstead per cent-ages | 95.4 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 19.7 | 75.0 | 5.3 | - | 99.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.3 | 31.5 | 11.2 | 41.7 | |
| London per cent-ages | 55.8 | 43.9 | 0.3 | 15.3 | 78.2 | 6.5 | 98.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 98.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 59.7 | 32.7 | 7.6 | 380 | ||