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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
Holborn 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Holborn, 1936.
| Age Groups. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness ot Body. | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits. | Pediculi. | | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than (our 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 | 130 | 25 | 104 | 1 | 16 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 125 | 5 | — | 126 | 4 | — | 65 | 57 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Girls | 128 | 23 | 105 | — | 20 | 91 | 17 | — | 118 | 9 | 1 | 126 | 2 | — | 71 | 52 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Age 7— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 116 | 18 | 98 | — | 14 | 75 | 27 | — | 111 | 5 | — | 114 | 2 | — | 56 | 48 | 12 | 70 | 32 | 14 |
| Girls | 120 | 27 | 93 | — | 17 | 88 | 15 | — | 109 | 10 | 1 | 120 | — | — | 55 | 51 | 14 | 77 | 30 | 13 |
| Age 11— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 160 | 13 | 147 | — | 12 | 125 | 23 | — | 154 | 6 | — | 158 | 2 | — | 101 | 55 | 4 | 97 | 35 | 28 |
| Girls | 142 | 25 | 117 | — | 39 | 89 | 14 | - | 120 | 18 | 4 | 140 | 2 | — | 100 | 41 | 1 | 78 | 34 | 30 |
| Age 14- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 161 | 49 | 112 | — | 30 | 118 | 18 | — | 154 | 6 | 1 | 161 | — | — | 105 | 53 | 3 | 98 | 29 | 34 |
| Girls | 152 | 49 | 103 | — | 41 | 103 | 8 | — | 133 | 18 | 1 | 147 | 5 | — | 99 | 50 | 3 | 100 | 31 | 19 |
| Total | 1,109 | 229 | 879 | 1 | 189 | 783 | 136 | 1 | 1,024 | 77 | 8 | 1,092 | 17 | — | 652 | 407 | 50 | 520 | 191 | 138 |
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