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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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Medical Inspection in Public Elementary Schools in Holborn, 1924.
| Age, Group and number examined. | Condition of Clothing. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness—Head. | Cleanliness—Body. | Condition of Teeth. | Vision. | Mental Condition. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good. | Fair. | Bad. | Good. | Average. | Poor. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits present. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Not more than 3 decayed. | 4 or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either eye. | Average. | Poor. | Mentally deficient. | |
| Entrants—303 Boys | 124 | 162 | 17 | 78 | 205 | 20 | ... | 284 | 19 | ... | 282 | 19 | 2 | 189 | 97 | 17 | Not | Tested | ||||
| 287 Girls | 106 | 174 | 7 | 90 | 186 | 11 | ... | 228 | 54 | 5 | 265 | 21 | 1 | 195 | 74 | 18 | „ | „ | ||||
| Age 8— 243 Boys | 64 | 154 | 25 | 29 | 179 | 34 | 1 | 229 | 14 | ... | 215 | 25 | 3 | 154 | 69 | 20 | 150 | 43 | 46 | 242 | 1 | |
| ,, 250 Girls | 61 | 174 | 15 | 54 | 170 | 25 | 1 | 175 | 67 | 8 | 231 | 18 | 1 | 156 | 84 | 10 | 155 | 42 | 49 | 250 | ... | ... |
| Age 12— 248 Boys | 50 | 170 | 28 | 74 | 150 | 24 | ... | 230 | 18 | ... | 213 | 31 | 4 | 192 | 51 | 5 | 171 | 18 | 59 | 247 | 1 | ... |
| „ 230 Girls | 66 | 153 | 11 | 92 | 125 | 13 | ... | 177 | 48 | 5 | 210 | 17 | 3 | 186 | 42 | 2 | 157 | 18 | 55 | 228 | 2 | ... |
| Total 1,561 | 471 | 987 | 103 | 417 | 1,015 | 127 | 2 | 1,323 | 220 | 18 | 1,416 | 131 | 14 | 1,072 | 417 | 72 | 633 | 121 | 209 | 967 | 4 | ... |
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