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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Routine Medical Examination of Elementary School Children in Holborn in 1932.
Age Groups. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
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Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | 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 or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either or both eyes. | ||
Entrants– | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 187 | 9 | 175 | 3 | 23 | 141 | 23 | – | 179 | 8 | – | 161 | 26 | – | 117 | 42 | 28 | – | – | – |
Girls | 194 | 14 | 179 | 1 | 47 | 127 | 20 | – | 176 | 16 | 2 | 177 | 17 | – | 118 | 49 | 27 | – | – | – |
Age 8– | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 205 | 8 | 196 | 1 | 26 | 136 | 43 | – | 192 | 9 | 4 | 179 | 26 | – | 123 | 46 | 30 | 111 | 67 | 27 |
Girls | 156 | 3 | 150 | 3 | 25 | 109 | 22 | – | 120 | 21 | 15 | 129 | 27 | – | 105 | 36 | 15 | 88 | 46 | 21 |
Age 12– | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 241 | 11 | 228 | 2 | 32 | 169 | 40 | – | 234 | 5 | 2 | 215 | 26 | – | 193 | 40 | 8 | 155 | 33 | 53 |
Girls | 225 | 4 | 221 | – | 50 | 143 | 32 | – | 199 | 21 | 5 | 208 | 17 | – | 188 | 33 | 4 | 144 | 31 | 50 |
Age 14– | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boys | 133 | 1 | 129 | 3 | 25 | 93 | 15 | – | 130 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 25 | – | 106 | 24 | 3 | 81 | 14 | 38 |
Girls | 119 | 6 | 112 | 1 | 36 | 77 | 6 | – | 110 | 8 | 1 | 109 | 10 | – | 95 | 20 | 4 | 66 | 25 | 28 |
Total | 1,460 | 56 | 1,390 | 14 | 264 | 995 | 201 | – | 1,340 | 89 | 31 | 1,28 6 | 174 | – | 1,051 | 290 | 119 | 645 | 216 | 217 |
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