London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 XIII.—(Contd.) xxiii.
Classification of children examined as to condition of clothing, nutrition, cleanliness and condition
of teeth. Percentage of children in each class.
| Boroughs arranged topographically. | Number of children examined. | Condition of clothing. | Condition as regards nutrition. | Condition of cleanliness | Condition of teeth. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | ||
| Paddington | 904 | 56.5 | 38.1 | 5.4 | 37.3 | 52.3 | 10.4 | 62.5 | 28.7 | 8.8 | 42.7 | 38.8 | 18.5 |
| Kensington | 792 | 40.7 | 51.1 | 8.2 | 24.7 | 65.3 | 10.0 | 48.7 | 39.3 | 12.0 | 36.7 | 44.1 | 19.2 |
| Hammersmith | 853 | 41.8 | 51.1 | 7.1 | 14.2 | 73.5 | 12.3 | 84.8 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 39.3 | 42.5 | 18.2 |
| Fulham | 1,239 | 60.9 | 35.6 | 3.5 | 24.6 | 62.2 | 13.2 | 78.9 | 18.0 | 3.1 | 44.2 | 38.3 | 17.5 |
| Chelsea | 457 | 42.5 | 45.7 | 11.8 | 38.3 | 48.4 | 13.3 | 60.2 | 32.6 | 7.2 | 50.8 | 34.6 | 14.6 |
| Westminster | 611 | 54.5 | 38.3 | 7.2 | 29.0 | 54.5 | 16.5 | 69.2 | 26.1 | 4.7 | 45.5 | 36.0 | 18.5 |
| St. Marylebone | 566 | 62.9 | 32.7 | 4.4 | 39.6 | 51.8 | 8.6 | 73.2 | 22.3 | 4.5 | 45.2 | 36.7 | 18.1 |
| Hampstead | 349 | 55.6 | 40.7 | 3.7 | 45.6 | 47.3 | 7.1 | 65.9 | 31.8 | 2.3 | 29.2 | 58.2 | 12.6 |
| St. Pancras | 1,501 | 50.8 | 42.6 | 6.6 | 28.1 | 63.9 | 8.0 | 77.3 | 19.0 | 3.7 | 42.0 | 39.7 | 18.3 |
| Islington | 2,306 | 45.6 | 48.5 | 5.9 | 19.5 | 61.5 | 19.0 | 72.7 | 23.6 | 3.7 | 49.8 | 31.6 | 18.6 |
| Stoke Newington | 214 | 47.2 | 50.5 | 2.3 | 36.5 | 57.9 | 5.6 | 72.9 | 24.3 | 2.8 | 82.3 | 13.1 | 4.6 |
| Hackney | 1,519 | 43.6 | 53.6 | 2.8 | 26.8 | 61.3 | 11.9 | 67.1 | 29.1 | 3.8 | 64.3 | 30.9 | 4.8 |
| Holborn | 355 | 30.2 | 61.1 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 76.3 | 11.0 | 64.2 | 31.3 | 4.5 | 40.3 | 32.4 | 27.3 |
| Finsbury | 774 | 17.6 | 63.8 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 63.0 | 17.2 | 34.6 | 54.3 | 11.1 | 45.0 | 46.4 | 8.6 |
| City of London | 136 | 50.7 | 47.1 | 2.2 | 33.1 | 52.2 | 14.7 | 69.1 | 29.4 | 1.5 | 24.3 | 61.8 | 13.9 |
| Shoreditch | 1,011 | 16.8 | 72.4 | 10.8 | 18.6 | 68.3 | 13.1 | 27.8 | 68.2 | 4.0 | 72.0 | 14.8 | 13.2 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,350 | 40.2 | 43.7 | 16.1 | 12.3 | 39.4 | 48.3 | 45.9 | 45.2 | 8.9 | 33.1 | 59.2 | 7.7 |
| Stepney | 2,831 | 42.5 | 49.1 | 8.4 | 36.4 | 50.3 | 13.3 | 53.7 | 39.2 | 7.1 | 23.3 | 58.4 | 18.3 |
| Poplar | 1,425 | 32.2 | 58.7 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 69.8 | 22.8 | 51.1 | 40.6 | 8.3 | 45.3 | 31.5 | 23.2 |
| Southwark | 1,722 | 25.7 | 60.4 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 62.2 | 22.2 | 47.7 | 41.6 | 10.7 | 38.8 | 37.3 | 23.9 |
| Bermondsey | 1,101 | 33.7 | 51.6 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 57.3 | 29.4 | 55.0 | 36.8 | 8.2 | 55.5 | 33.2 | 11.3 |
| Lambeth | 1,877 | 48.8 | 47.1 | 4.1 | 37.9 | 48.9 | 13.2 | 65.4 | 29.7 | 4.9 | 50.3 | 26.2 | 23.5 |
| Battersea | 1,399 | 42.6 | 48.3 | 9.1 | 14.6 | 73.2 | 12.2 | 58.5 | 36.8 | 4.7 | 29.1 | 40.8 | 30.1 |
| Wandsworth | 2,355 | 61.5 | 34.6 | 3.9 | 22.3 | 70.6 | 7.1 | 72.2 | 24.9 | 2.9 | 51.6 | 30.1 | 18.3 |
| Camberwell | 2,013 | 63.3 | 33.9 | 2.8 | 52.8 | 43.3 | 3.9 | 73.4 | 22.9 | 3.7 | 59.7 | 30.1 | 10.2 |
| Deptford | 846 | 53.1 | 39.7 | 7.2 | 25.8 | 57.0 | 17.2 | 65.6 | 28.6 | 5.8 | 52.8 | 33.3 | 13.9 |
| Greenwich | 867 | 47.2 | 48.3 | 4.5 | 38.3 | 52.4 | 9.3 | 50.7 | 45.1 | 4.2 | 48.6 | 42.3 | 9.1 |
| Lewisham | 1,177 | 70.2 | 27.4 | 2.4 | 18.2 | 61.4 | 20.4 | 84.3 | 14.1 | 1.6 | 67.1 | 26.1 | 6.8 |
| Woolwich | 1,098 | 55.6 | 41.2 | 3.2 | 45.7 | 46.4 | 7.9 | 70.6 | 26.8 | 2.6 | 25.1 | 43.8 | 31.1 |
| London County | 33,648 | 46.5 | 46.3 | 7.2 | 26.6 | 58.4 | 15.0 | 62.9 | 31.7 | 5.4 | 45.6 | 37.4 | 17.0 |
| Paddington | 877 | 64.2 | 32.7 | 3.1 | 42.6 | 51.2 | 6.2 | 64.8 | 27.9 | 7.3 | 42.0 | 37.7 | 20.3 |
| Kensington | 915 | 41.6 | 48.5 | 9.9 | 30.4 | 61.6 | 8.0 | 49.8 | 34.8 | 15.4 | 33.9 | 43.7 | 22.4 |
| Hammersmith | 818 | 45.7 | 49.3 | 5.0 | 18.2 | 68.7 | 13.1 | 83.4 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 41.9 | 42.5 | 15.6 |
| Fulham | 1,258 | 64.8 | 31.1 | 4.1 | 33.9 | 57.0 | 9.1 | 79.5 | 17.2 | 3.3 | 48.3 | 35.1 | 16.6 |
| Chelsea | 349 | 39.3 | 47.5 | 13.2 | 41.0 | 47.0 | 12.0 | 59.9 | 29.8 | 10.3 | 50.5 | 37.5 | 12.0 |
| Westminster | 618 | 61.8 | 32.0 | 6.2 | 34.6 | 52.4 | 13.0 | 73.1 | 21.9 | 5.0 | 51.1 | 31.4 | 17.5 |
| St. Marylebone | 601 | 52.7 | 42.8 | 4.5 | 33.4 | 59.1 | 7.5 | 62.4 | 30.1 | 7.5 | 41.3 | 41.1 | 17.6 |
| Hampstead | 375 | 57.3 | 38.9 | 3.8 | 47.7 | 44.5 | 7.8 | 63.0 | 34.9 | 2.1 | 27.5 | 57.9 | 14.6 |
| St. Pancras | 1,511 | 54.9 | 41.5 | 3.6 | 33.4 | 59.4 | 7.2 | 73.9 | 22.1 | 4.0 | 42.8 | 39.5 | 17.7 |
| Islington | 2,183 | 46.0 | 49.8 | 4.2 | 25.1 | 55.4 | 19.5 | 72.8 | 23.1 | 4.1 | 49.2 | 33.1 | 17.7 |
| Stoke Newington | 215 | 48.8 | 47.9 | 3.3 | 35.8 | 58.2 | 6.0 | 72.1 | 24.6 | 3.3 | 73.5 | 15.8 | 10.7 |
| Hackney | 1,623 | 45.8 | 52.3 | 1.9 | 28.5 | 62.4 | 9.1 | 62.9 | 32.6 | 4.5 | 63.5 | 29.5 | 7.0 |
| Holborn | 298 | 38.6 | 55.4 | 6.0 | 22.8 | 67.8 | 9.4 | 70.1 | 23.5 | 6.4 | 45.3 | 34.2 | 20.5 |
| Finsbury | 753 | 15.7 | 70.8 | 13.5 | 24.3 | 61.4 | 14.3 | 32.9 | 53.9 | 13.2 | 41.0 | 47.0 | 12.0 |
| City of London | 155 | 56.8 | 41.9 | 1.3 | 42.0 | 47.7 | 10.3 | 58.7 | 36.8 | 4.5 | 12.9 | 69.7 | 17.4 |
| Shoreditch | 992 | 20.0 | 74.6 | 5.4 | 25.0 | 65.8 | 9.2 | 29.8 | 67.1 | 3.1 | 73.4 | 14.3 | 12.3 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,313 | 43.3 | 47.5 | 9.2 | 19.8 | 42.0 | 38.2 | 49.9 | 43.8 | 6.3 | 35.6 | 55.0 | 9.4 |
| Stepney | 2,863 | 50.1 | 44.6 | 5.3 | 41.6 | 46.5 | 11.9 | 58.2 | 35.2 | 6.6 | 29.1 | 54.8 | 16.1 |
| Poplar | 1,446 | 36.7 | 58.4 | 4.9 | 9.7 | 70.3 | 20.0 | 54.3 | 38.8 | 6.9 | 42.7 | 31.1 | 26.2 |
| Southwark | 1,669 | 24.0 | 64.8 | 11.2 | 16.9 | 62.8 | 20.3 | 48.6 | 43.1 | 8.3 | 38.7 | 35.8 | 25.5 |
| Bermondsey | 1,153 | 44.9 | 44.6 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 57.8 | 25.5 | 53.3 | 37.8 | 8.9 | 59.4 | 29.8 | 10.8 |
| Lambeth | 1,874 | 52.9 | 44.8 | 2.3 | 41.8 | 47.7 | 10.5 | 67.4 | 28.8 | 3.8 | 51.8 | 26.6 | 21.6 |
| Battersea | 1,282 | 44.0 | 48.8 | 7.2 | 15.7 | 71.3 | 13.0 | 61.5 | 32.7 | 5.8 | 26.4 | 45.2 | 28.4 |
| Wandsworth | 2,218 | 64.7 | 31.7 | 3.6 | 27.4 | 66.6 | 6.0 | 74.3 | 23.0 | 2.7 | 54.9 | 29.3 | 15.8 |
| Camberwell | 2,063 | 68.5 | 29.6 | 1.9 | 53.1 | 43.6 | 3.3 | 69.5 | 27.3 | 3.2 | 58.4 | 31.9 | 9.7 |
| Deptford | 805 | 58.3 | 38.2 | 3.5 | 33.3 | 52.2 | 14.5 | 65.7 | 29.7 | 4.6 | 60.5 | 28.8 | 10.7 |
| Greenwich | 825 | 41.2 | 57.2 | 1.6 | 39.5 | 54.0 | 6.4 | 64.5 | 33.3 | 2.2 | 51.7 | 39.3 | 9.0 |
| Lewisham | 1,125 | 73.1 | 25.4 | 1.5 | 19.6 | 59.4 | 21.0 | 88.1 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 63.3 | 29.9 | 6.8 |
| Woolwich | 1,012 | 61.6 | 36.6 | 1.8 | 45.1 | 48.4 | 6.5 | 71.5 | 25.1 | 3.4 | 24.3 | 45.8 | 29.9 |
| London County | 33,189 | 49.7 | 45.2 | 5.1 | 30.6 | 56.5 | 12.9 | 63.7 | 31.0 | 5.3 | 46.5 | 37.0 | 16.5 |
| 18820 KK | |||||||||||||