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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

St Pancras 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Table VI.Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1937. Information supplied by the School Medical Officer of the L.C.C.

Table VI.

Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in St. Pancras in 1937. Information supplied by the School Medical Officer of the L.C.C.

Age Group.Number examined.Clothing and Boots.Nutrition.Cleanliness of Head.Cleanliness of Body.Teeth.Vision.
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— Boys10056513401413183143—981204987162591272142———
Girls993636350714382030—94541797518—573268157———
Age 7— Boys786443330139066036—7602517711415381965254715278
Girls803465331711365138173760678914—5841605958512581
Age 11— Boys778449323611862535—7422977611615721862059379104
Girls790500286414962416172450167846—61915417573101113
Age 14— Boys114267546341969331211117241113210—83727827877110124
Girls1044671365828074517295976910412179722324787126130
Total734144902788631220588922756965325517240966511117324983962693631
Percentage61.138.00.916.680.23.294.94.40.798.61.80.169.623.66.875.013.111.9
London55.644.10.316.577.46.197.62.10.399.10.90.070.226.33.567.619.013.4