Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Medical Examination of School Children-Routine Inspections—Elementary Schools in Holborn, 1927.
Age Group. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Condition of Teeth. | Vision. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Clean. | Nits. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than four decayed. | Four or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either eye. | 6/12 or wor»e in either eye. | ||
Entrants— | |||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 152 | 87 | 63 | 2 | 17 | 129 | 6 | 137 | 15 | ... | 149 | 3 | ... | 82 | 54 | 16 | ... | ... | ... |
Girls | 237 | 148 | 88 | 1 | 34 | 183 | 20 | 228 | 8 | 1 | 236 | 1 | ... | 126 | 79 | 32 | ... | ... | ... |
Age 8— | |||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 210 | 64 | 129 | 17 | 33 | 158 | 19 | 188 | 21 | 1 | 208 | 2 | ... | 116 | 66 | 28 | 152 | 15 | 39 |
Girls | 154 | 66 | 82 | 6 | 27 | 113 | 14 | 122 | 25 | 7 | 152 | 2 | ... | 84 | 59 | 11 | 112 | 10 | 30 |
Age 12- | |||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 189 | 49 | 132 | 8 | 27 | 146 | 16 | 173 | 15 | 1 | 185 | 4 | ... | 130 | 55 | 4 | 141 | 11 | 37 |
Girls | 195 | 46 | 142 | 7 | 46 | 139 | 10 | 143 | 47 | 5 | 193 | 2 | ... | 137 | 53 | 5 | 136 | 12 | 47 |
Age 14— | |||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 227 | 45 | 167 | 15 | 50 | 160 | 17 | 208 | 18 | 1 | 227 | ... | 164 | 59 | 4 | 164 | 13 | 49 | |
Girls | 19 | 51 | 142 | 3 | 46 | 136 | 14 | 161 | 34 | 1 | 195 | 1 | ... | 147 | 48 | 1 | 137 | 10 | 49 |
Total | 1,560 | 556 | 945 | 59 | 280 | 1,164 | 116 | 1,360 | 133 | 17 | 1,545 | 15 | ... | 986 | 473 | 101 | 842 | 71 | 251 |
1164 | |||||||||||||||||||
... | ... | 6.5 | |||||||||||||||||
... | 0.6 |