Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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xxiv. Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912. ,
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 regard 3 nutrition. | Condition of cleanliness. | Condition of teeth. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Fair. | Poor. | ||
Paddington | 1,071 | 53.0 | 42.3 | 4.7 | 38.1 | 54.4 | 7.5 | 62.1 | 30.5 | 7.4 | 52.4 | 32.8 | 14.8 |
Kensington | 1,013 | 40.1 | 44.1 | 15.8 | 32.7 | 59.9 | 7.4 | 50.6 | 33.6 | 15.8 | 45.5 | 36.6 | 17.9 |
Hammersmith | 1,149 | 41.1 | 50.5 | 8.4 | 27.4 | 66.1 | 6.5 | 80.1 | 15.7 | 4.2 | 48.0 | 35.7 | 16.3 |
Fulham | 1,640 | 51.8 | 39.8 | 8.4 | 30.7 | 60.4 | 8.9 | 66.6 | 25.3 | 8.1 | 46.8 | 37.8 | 15.4 |
Chelsea | 592 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 8.7 | 48.3 | 44.3 | 7.4 | 61.7 | 32.3 | 6.0 | 46.8 | 39.2 | 14.0 |
Westminster | 908 | 55.6 | 39.0 | 5.4 | 36.4 | 55.9 | 7.7 | 69.9 | 26.2 | 3.9 | 53.4 | 34.8 | 11.8 |
St. Marylebone | 790 | 51.0 | 42.5 | 6.5 | 31.8 | 62.7 | 5.5 | 58.0 | 33.3 | 8.7 | 40.1 | 40.3 | 19.6 |
Hampstead | 386 | 60.4 | 37.8 | 1.8 | 59.9 | 33.4 | 6.7 | 65.3 | 33.4 | 1.3 | 37.8 | 43.5 | 18.7 |
St. Pancras | 2,116 | 55.6 | 39.8 | 4.6 | 41.6 | 52.5 | 5.9 | 70.7 | 26.1 | 3.2 | 51.9 | 36.5 | 11.6 |
Islington | 2,464 | 45.1 | 48.4 | 6.5 | 33.4 | 57.0 | 9.5 | 64.1 | 31.3 | 4.6 | 50.9 | 37.9 | 11.2 |
Stoke Newington | 211 | 43.1 | 54.0 | 2.9 | 26.1 | 65.4 | 8.5 | 49.3 | 47.4 | 3.3 | 51.7 | 37.4 | 10.9 |
Hackney | 2,085 | 47.7 | 45.6 | 6.7 | 30.8 | 57.7 | 11.5 | 54.2 | 39.1 | 6.7 | 59.6 | 32.5 | 7.9 |
Holborn | 470 | 38.3 | 50.0 | 11.7 | 25.5 | 66.6 | 7.9 | 62.3 | 31.3 | 6.4 | 49.2 | 39.1 | 11.7 |
Finsbury | 928 | 20.4 | 64.7 | 14.9 | 32.7 | 55.1 | 12.2 | 35.2 | 51.7 | 13.2 | 50.5 | 40.3 | 9.2 |
City of London | 182 | 57.2 | 36.8 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 61.5 | 5.5 | 58.8 | 34.1 | 7.1 | 35.7 | 47.3 | 17.0 |
Shoreditch | 1,175 | 30.2 | 56.7 | 13.1 | 40.9 | 54.1 | 5.0 | 52.4 | 41.7 | 5.9 | 64.6 | 29.5 | 5.9 |
Bethnal Green | 1,541 | 36.1 | 49.3 | 14.6 | 27.4 | 54.4 | 18.2 | 44.6 | 47.6 | 7.8 | 42.9 | 48.4 | 8.7 |
Stepney | 3,127 | 38.6 | 51.8 | 9.6 | 41.6 | 50.8 | 7.6 | 51.1 | 41.8 | 7.1 | 35.4 | 50.7 | 13.9 |
Poplar | 1,774 | 29.3 | 57.8 | 12.9 | 24.6 | 63.7 | 11.7 | 43.7 | 46.2 | 10.1 | 48.9 | 33.9 | 17.2 |
Southwark | 1,784 | 30.9 | 60.4 | 8.7 | 36.3 | 55.2 | 8.5 | 39.1 | 54.4 | 6.5 | 40.9 | 46.9 | 12.2 |
Bermondsey | 1,414 | 31.7 | 54.1 | 14.2 | 20.4 | 65.2 | 14.4 | 48.2 | 44.3 | 7.5 | 57.0 | 32.4 | 10.6 |
Lambeth | 2,282 | 54.8 | 41.0 | 4.2 | 45.0 | 48.2 | 6.8 | 60.4 | 35.3 | 4.3 | 52.7 | 33.2 | 14.1 |
Battersea | 1,415 | 45.5 | 45.2 | 9.3 | 16.9 | 73.2 | 9.9 | 54.1 | 38.9 | 7.0 | 32.6 | 55.8 | 11.6 |
Wandsworth | 2,592 | 60.9 | 33.5 | 5.6 | 29.5 | 64.9 | 5.6 | 67.6 | 27.2 | 5.2 | 39.2 | 43.4 | 17.4 |
Camberwell | 2,484 | 45.8 | 48.6 | 5.6 | 42.3 | 52.9 | 4.8 | 58.5 | 38.1 | 3.4 | 48.5 | 39.2 | 12.3 |
Deptford | 885 | 44.2 | 44.7 | 11.1 | 40.9 | 49.4 | 9.7 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 7.0 | 58.1 | 36.4 | 5.5 |
Greenwich | 939 | 35.5 | 59.8 | 4.7 | 32.6 | 58.0 | 9.4 | 39.5 | 54.6 | 5.9 | 47.0 | 42.8 | 10.2 |
Lewisham | 1,120 | 60.4 | 37.6 | 2.0 | 56.6 | 39.6 | 3.8 | 70.3 | 28.3 | 1.4 | 55.4 | 39.5 | 5.1 |
Woolwich | 1,498 | 48.6 | 45.5 | 5.9 | 49.2 | 44.7 | 6.1 | 72.9 | 23.2 | 3.9 | 34.1 | 43.9 | 22.0 |
London County | 40,035 | 44.8 | 47.1 | 8.1 | 35.6 | 56.0 | 8.4 | 57.5 | 36.3 | 6.2 | 47.3 | 39.8 | 12.9 |
Paddington | 1,037 | 59.1 | 36.9 | 4.0 | 36.4 | 56.5 | 7.1 | 59.7 | 30.0 | 10.3 | 52.6 | 33.1 | 14.3 |
Kensington | 1,218 | 44.7 | 49.2 | 6.1 | 35.9 | 57.0 | 7.1 | 49.8 | 36.6 | 13.6 | 46.5 | 38.3 | 15.2 |
Hammersmith | 981 | 39.1 | 56.1 | 4.8 | 28.9 | 64.4 | 6.7 | 73.4 | 23.9 | 2.7 | 52.5 | 32.1 | 16.4 |
Fulham | 1,730 | 57.1 | 39.4 | 3.5 | 37.6 | 55.7 | 6.7 | 67.6 | 25.0 | 7.4 | 54.9 | 33.5 | 11.6 |
Chelsea | 499 | 41.7 | 49.5 | 8.8 | 47.3 | 44.3 | 8.4 | 61.1 | 30.1 | 8.8 | 49.9 | 36.5 | 13.6 |
Westminster | 813 | 55.5 | 38.6 | 5.9 | 40.7 | 50.4 | 8.9 | 67.8 | 27.7 | 4.5 | 55.2 | 32.5 | 12.3 |
St. Marylebone | 787 | 50.2 | 44.7 | 5.1 | 37.9 | 56.1 | 6.0 | 55.1 | 33.6 | 11.3 | 43.0 | 37.6 | 19.4 |
Hampstead | 361 | 64.8 | 34.4 | 0.8 | 59.8 | 34.6 | 5.6 | 67.0 | 29.9 | 3.1 | 34.9 | 44.6 | 20.5 |
St. Pancras | 1,963 | 57.2 | 39.9 | 2.9 | 45.9 | 47.7 | 6.4 | 71.2 | 24.8 | 4.0 | 54.6 | 34.2 | 11.2 |
Islington | 2,407 | 50.9 | 45.0 | 4.1 | 37.6 | 52.7 | 9.7 | 63.4 | 31.4 | 5.2 | 54.1 | 35.8 | 10.1 |
Stoke Newington | 211 | 64.5 | 32.7 | 2.8 | 35.1 | 61.1 | 3.8 | 66.8 | 31.3 | 1.9 | 63.1 | 28.4 | 8.5 |
Hackney | 2,012 | 57.6 | 38.3 | 4.1 | 35.8 | 54.0 | 10.2 | 64.4 | 30.0 | 5.6 | 63.5 | 28.8 | 7.7 |
52.6 | |||||||||||||
Holborn | 454 | 33.7 | 60.8 | 5.5 | 37.0 | 57.9 | 5.1 | 59.2 | 34.6 | 6.2 | 37.5 | 9.9 | |
Finsbury | 853 | 25.3 | 64.0 | 10.7 | 42.9 | 50.1 | 7.0 | 36.1 | 49.8 | 14.1 | 54.9 | 36.4 | 8.7 |
City of London | 160 | 43.1 | 53.8 | 3.1 | 42.5 | 49.4 | 8.1 | 51.9 | 44.4 | 3.7 | 33.8 | 50.6 | 15.6 |
1,127 | 47.8 | 44.4 | 7.8 | 44.0 | 50.8 | 5.2 | 57.5 | 36.3 | 6.2 | 67.9 | 25.6 | 6.5 | |
Bethnal Green | 1,380 | 40.8 | 49.1 | 10.1 | 39.1 | 48.8 | 12.1 | 51.1 | 41.1 | 7.8 | 49.0 | 44.7 | 6.3 |
Stepney | 3,165 | 38.7 | 54.2 | 7.1 | 46.0 | 45.7 | 8.3 | 46.9 | 44.7 | 8.4 | 40.9 | 46.5 | 12.6 |
Poplar | 1,470 | 31.8 | 61.1 | 7.1 | 35.8 | 57.5 | 6.7 | 42.7 | 47.8 | 9.5 | 53.7 | 30.1 | 16.2 |
45.1 | 43.6 | 11.3 | |||||||||||
Southwark | 1,972 | 33.8 | 59.9 | 6.3 | 39.7 | 53.9 | 6.4 | 42.3 | 51.2 | 6.5 | |||
Bermondsey | 1.463 | 31.3 | 55.6 | 13.1 | 20.4 | 64.6 | 15.0 | 45.2 | 48.3 | 6.5 | 62.4 | 28.0 | 9.6 |
Lambeth | 2,446 | 60.8 | 36.4 | 2.8 | 47.8 | 45.9 | 6.3 | 65.0 | 31.1 | 3.9 | 56.7 | 31.1 | 12.2 |
Battersea | 1,531 | 48.4 | 46.0 | 5.6 | 18.1 | 70.8 | 11.1 | 57.8 | 37.3 | 4.9 | 35.4 | 52.8 | 11.8 |
Wandsworth | 2,842 | 63.3 | 33.0 | 3.7 | 34.0 | 60.3 | 5.7 | 70.2 | 25.8 | 4.0 | 42.8 | 39.2 | 18.0 |
Camberwell | 2,440 | 52.5 | 45.0 | 2.5 | 44.6 | 51.8 | 3.6 | 57.3 | 38.9 | 8.8 | 53.3 | 38.0 | 8.7 |
Deptford | 938 | 49.4 | 44.1 | 6.5 | 42.2 | 47.6 | 10.2 | 54.5 | 39.5 | 6.0 | 57.4 | 36.0 | 6.6 |
Greenwich | 971 | 44.4 | 51.6 | 4.0 | 37.1 | 54.3 | 8.6 | 53.4 | 42.6 | 4.0 | 48.3 | 41.9 | 9.8 |
Lewisham | 1,058 | 58.0 | 40.4 | 1.6 | 50.9 | 46.2 | 2.9 | 67.8 | 31.1 | 0.9 | 52.9 | 44.0 | 3.1 |
Woolwich | 1,285 | 54.5 | 41.6 | 3.9 | 47.0 | 46.8 | 6.2 | 74.8 | 21.8 | 3.4 | 32.9 | 46.9 | 20.2 |
London County | 39,574 | 48.8 | 45.9 | 5.3 | 39.2 | 53.2 | 7.6 | 58.7 | 35.2 | 6.1 | 50.6 | 37.6 | 11.8 |