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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
London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Appendix XI. xix.
APPENDIX XI.
| Boys. | Girls. | Infants. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number examined. | Parents present. | percentage. | Number examined. | Parents present. | Percentage. | Number examined. | Parents present. | Percentage. | |
| Paddington | 2,042 | 1,028 | 50.3 | 1,990 | 1,206 | 60.6 | 2,696 | 1,923 | 71.3 |
| Kensington | 1,876 | 789 | 42.0 | 2,263 | 1,049 | 46.3 | 2,606 | 1,565 | 60.0 |
| Hammersmith | 2,036 | 1,056 | 51.9 | 1,856 | 1,189 | 64.1 | 2,435 | 1,756 | 72.1 |
| Fulham | 2,973 | 1,621 | 54.6 | 3,071 | 1,953 | 63.6 | 3,561 | 2,558 | 71.8 |
| Chelsea | 1,088 | 474 | 43.6 | 902 | 549 | 60.9 | 1,146 | 816 | 71.2 |
| Westminster | 1,531 | 839 | 54.8 | 1,490 | 932 | 62.5 | 1,902 | 1,502 | 79.0 |
| St. Marylebone | 1,464 | 744 | 50.8 | 1,539 | 839 | 54.5 | 2,114 | 1,511 | 71.5 |
| Hampstead | 770 | 348 | 45.2 | 804 | 370 | 46.0 | 1,153 | 729 | 63.2 |
| St. Pancras | 3,653 | 2,027 | 55.5 | 3.615 | 2,404 | 66.5 | 4.649 | 3.534 | 76.0 |
| Islington | 4,914 | 3,153 | 64.2 | 4,805 | 3,294 | 68.6 | 6,857 | 5,508 | 80.3 |
| Stoke Newington | 1,263 | 743 | 58.8 | 463 | 326 | 70.4 | 637 | 524 | 82.3 |
| Hackney | 3,789 | 2,397 | 63.3 | 3,805 | 2,744 | 72.1 | 4,604 | 3,656 | 79.4 |
| Holborn | 883 | 363 | 41.1 | 817 | 406 | 49.7 | 1,049 | 585 | 56.7 |
| Finsbury | 1,755 | 929 | 52.9 | 1,676 | 1,107 | 66.1 | 2,417 | 1,743 | 72.1 |
| City of London | 339 | 210 | 61.9 | 349 | 232 | 66.5 | 342 | 273 | 79.8 |
| Shoreditoh | 3,002 | 1,726 | 57.5 | 2,253 | 1,516 | 67.3 | 3,036 | 2,319 | 76.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 2,977 | 1,812 | 60.9 | 2,807 | 2,006 | 71.4 | 3,552 | 2,857 | 80.4 |
| Stepney | 3,793 | 2,294 | 60.5 | 6,833 | 4,107 | 60.1 | 7,968 | 5,883 | 73.8 |
| Poplar | 3,319 | 2,053 | 61.9 | 3,089 | 2,188 | 70.9 | 3,879 | 3,042 | 78.4 |
| Southwark | 4,700 | 2,277 | 48.4 | 3,829 | 2,607 | 68.1 | 4,794 | 3,760 | 78.4 |
| Bermondsey | 2,617 | 1,481 | 56.6 | 2,727 | 1,786 | 65.5 | 3,413 | 2,647 | 77.5 |
| Lambeth | 4,346 | 2,648 | 60.9 | 4,646 | 3,132 | 67.4 | 5,509 | 4,157 | 75.4 |
| Battersea | 2,929 | 1,669 | 57.0 | 2,942 | 1,965 | 66.8 | 3,864 | 3,087 | 79.9 |
| Wandsworth | 5,145 | 3,198 | 62.2 | 5.298 | 3,695 | 69.7 | 6,893 | 5,487 | 79.6 |
| Camberwell | 4,731 | 2,982 | 63.0 | 4,749 | 3,271 | 68.9 | 6,105 | 4,812 | 78.8 |
| Deptford | 1,824 | 1,126 | 61.7 | 1,874 | 1,294 | 69.0 | 2,413 | 1,856 | 76.9 |
| Greenwich | 1,850 | 1,144 | 61.8 | 1,872 | 1,261 | 67.4 | 2,395 | 1,889 | 78.9 |
| Lewisham | 2,389 | 1,500 | 62.8 | 2,308 | 1,640 | 71.0 | 2,726 | 2,083 | 76.4 |
| Woolwich | 2,672 | 1,724 | 64.5 | 2,413 | 1,768 | 73.2 | 2,910 | 2,307 | 79.3 |
| London County | 76,670 | 44,349 | 57.8 | 77,085 | 50,836 | 65.9 | 97,625 | 74,369 | 76.1 |