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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APPENDIX I.
Number of children examined. | Condition of clothing and foot.gear. | Condition as regards nutrition. | Cleanliness of head. | Cleanliness of body. | Condition of teeth. | ||||||||||||
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ENTRANTS. BOYS. | |||||||||||||||||
City of London | 111 | 64.9 | 33.3 | 1.8 | 30.6 | 64. 0 | 5.4 | - | 86.5 | 13.5 | - | 73.9 | 25.2 | 0.9 | 63.1 | 20.7 | 16.2 |
Battersea | 1,611 | 54. 0 | 40.8 | 5.2 | 21.9 | 67.1 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 94.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 83.0 | 16.1 | 0.9 | 51.7 | 25.3 | 23.0 |
Bermondsey | 1,529 | 43.5 | 51.9 | 4.6 | 38.0 | 56.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 82.2 | 16.6 | 1.2 | 52.4 | 43.9 | 3.7 | 65.4 | 23.5 | 11.1 |
Bethnal Green | 1,294 | 44.7 | 45.8 | 9.5 | 18.8 | 50.6 | 29.8 | 0.8 | 91.6 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 73.0 | 25.5 | 1.5 | 66.9 | 29.6 | 3.5 |
Camberwell...... | 2,694 | 700 | 27.6 | 2.4 | 36.9 | 54.5 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 86.2 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 79.0 | 18.0 | 3.0 | 78.2 | 17.3 | 4.5 |
Chelsea ...... | 459 | 39.4 | 52.3 | 8.3 | 39.9 | 51.6 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 71.9 | 24.2 | 3.9 | 74.5 | 21.4 | 4.1 | 70.8 | 25.7 | 3.5 |
Deptford •...... | 868 | 65.8 | 32.1 | 2.1 | 36.2 | 53.0 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 91.6 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 82.4 | 16.0 | 1.6 | 58.5 | 26.9 | 14.6 |
Finsbury ...... | 947 | 28.1 | 61.7 | 10.2 | 34.2 | 56.7 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 72.5 | 25.5 | 2.0 | 52.5 | 43.7 | 3.8 | 53.1 | 33.3 | 13.6 |
Fulham ...... | 1,387 | 66.2 | 32.5 | 1.3 | 24.2 | 61.2 | 14.3 | 0.3 | 96.0 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 93.2 | 6.6 | 0.2 | 57.1 | 26.2 | 16.7 |
Greenwich...... | 1,133 | 56.1 | 42.9 | 1.0 | 45.2 | 47.6 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 87.2 | 12.5 | 0.3 | 82.3 | 17.3 | 0.4 | 69.2 | 28.5 | 2.3 |
Hackney ^ ...... | 1,851 | 52.7 | 45.8 | 1.5 | 38.8 | 55.9 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 90.0 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 88.9 | 10.8 | 0.3 | 77.2 | 16.7 | 6.1 |
Hammersmith | 1,070 | 91.0 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 13.5 | 80.9 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 96.6 | 3.4 | _ | 97.2 | 2.8 | - | 53.2 | 31.0 | 15.8 |
Hampstead ... | 427 | 46.4 | 46.6 | 70 | 44.7 | 46.8 | 7.5 | 10 | 95.8 | 4.2 | - | 91.6 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 48.7 | 38.9 | 12.4 |
Holborn | 386 | 26.7 | 60.4 | 12.9 | 16.8 | 77.5 | 5.7 | - | 84.7 | 13.7 | 1.6 | 82.1 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 56.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 |
Islington | 2,545 | 58.5 | 37.4 | 4.1 | 20.4 | 55.1 | 24.1 | 0.4 | 89.7 | 9.9 | 0.4 | 88.7 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 73.0 | 17.5 | 9.5 |
Kensington ... | 1,123 | 42.8 | 55.1 | 21 | 31.4 | 62.0 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 79.1 | 20.6 | 0.3 | 55.0 | 41.8 | 3.2 | 14.5 | 82.5 | 3.0 |
Lambeth ... | 2,490 | 51.2 | 45.9 | 2.9 | 20.4 | 70.9 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 94.6 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 81.8 | 16.8 | 1.4 | 65.0 | 17.8 | 17.2 |
Lewisham ... | 1,272 | 72.3 | 27.3 | 0.4 | 28.1 | 56.4 | 15.3 | 0.2 | 98.0 | 2 .0 | —— | 85.0 | 14.6 | 0.4 | 73.3 | 21.0 | 5.7 |
Paddington ... | 913 | 81.8 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 56.7 | 39.4 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 96.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 88.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 63.2 | 33.1 | 3.7 |
Poplar | 1,651 | 29.1 | 66.0 | 4.9 | 27.5 | 58.9 | 13.5 | 0.1 | 87.5 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 80.7 | 18.5 | 0.8 | 62.9 | 35.2 | 1.9 |
St. Marylebone | 593 | 80.8 | 18.5 | 0.7 | 71.2 | 27.0 | 1.8 | - | 87.2 | 12.5 | 0.3 | 92.8 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 72.7 | 19.7 | 7.6 |
St. Pancras ... | 2,048 | 58.2 | 38.9 | 2.9 | 28.8 | 63.5 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 83.3 | 16.5 | 0.2 | 82.9 | 160 | 1.1 | 55.5 | 29.4 | 15.1 |
Shoreditch ... | 1,069 | 16.2 | 79.0 | 4.8 | 30.0 | 63.5 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 49.6 | 49.9 | 0.5 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 2.3 | 92.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
Southwark ... | 2,235 | 23.7 | 65.4 | 10.9 | 170 | 66.9 | 15.5 | 0.6 | 74.9 | 24.3 | 0.8 | 45.8 | 48.9 | 5.3 | 47.4 | 37.2 | 15.4 |
Stepney | 3,321 | 58.1 | 39.1 | 2.8 | 43.4 | 43.1 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 86.2 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 72.9 | 25.2 | 1.9 | 55.4 | 35.1 | 9.5 |
Stoke Newington | 235 | 37.4 | 62.2 | 0.4 | 41.3 | 57.0 | 1.7 | - | 95.3 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 91.5 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 76.6 | 20.0 | 3.4 |
Wandsworth... | 2,844 | 70.0 | 28.4 | 1.6 | 19.7 | 74.9 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 910 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 88.2 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 75.2 | 13.4 | 11.4 |
Westminster... | 791 | 42.9 | 53.3 | 3.8 | 36.7 | 55.5 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 74.7 | 22.5 | 2.8 | 74.8 | 22.1 | 3.1 | 68.1 | 28.1 | 3.8 |
Woolwich | |||||||||||||||||
1,120 | 50.0 | 49.1 | 0.9 | 420 | 51.2 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 92.0 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 83.1 | 16.2 | 0.7 | 13.6 | 75.0 | 11.4 | |
London County | 40,017 | 53.9 | 42.5 | 3.6 | 30.7 | 58.5 | 10.5 | 0.3 | 86.6 | 12.8 | 0.6 | 77.7 | 20.6 | 1.7 | 62.2 | 27.7 | 10.1 |
ENTRANTS. GIRLS. | |||||||||||||||||
City of London | 111 | 59.5 | 38.7 | 1.8 | 33.3 | 57.7 | • 8.1 | 0.9 | 60.4 | 37.8 | 1.8 | 65.8 | 31.5 | 2.7 | 63.1 | 23.4 | 13.5 |
Battersea | 1,732 | 55.4 | 40.1 | 4.5 | 23.9 | 65.1 | 10.7 | 0.3 | 79.9 | 19.6 | 0.5 | 83.9 | - | 0.7 | 52.2 | 24.9 | 22.9 |
Bermondsey | 1,358 | 50.7 | 45.1 | 4.2 | 37.6 | 57.4 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 69.4 | 29.1 | 1.5 | 50.1 | 45.8 | 4.1 | 65.9 | 24.6 | 9.5 |
Bethnal Green | 1,449 | 45.3 | 49.8 | 4.9 | 25.3 | 51.8 | 22.8 | 01 | 69.5 | 26.8 | 3.7 | 72.6 | 26.1 | 1.3 | 71.9 | 25.5 | 2.6 |
Camberwell | 2,525 | 70.3 | 28.4 | 1.3 | 37.3 | 54.5 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 721 | 25.2 | 2.7 | 74.7 | 21.6 | 3.7 | 77.9 | 17.6 | 4.5 |
Chelsea | 441 | 39.7 | 54.6 | 5.7 | 39.2 | 52.4 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 69.8 | 25.9 | 4.3 | 72.5 | 23.4 | 4.1 | 69.4 | 25.6 | 5.0 |
Deptford | 876 | 72.2 | 26.8 | 1.0 | 37.8 | 53.8 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 81.7 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 79.3 | 19.6 | 1.1 | 63.2 | 25.7 | 11.1 |
Finsbury | 887 | 30.5 | 61.9 | 7.6 | 39.6 | 51.8 | 8.5 | 01 | 550 | 37.7 | 7.3 | 56.2 | 41.5 | 2.3 | 56.3 | 28.9 | 14.8 |
Fulham | 1,308 | 70.0 | 293 | 0.7 | 27.9 | 57.7 | 14.2 | 0.2 | 87.2 | 11.9 | 0.9 | 93.4 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 52.2 | 29.4 | 18.4 |
Greenwich | 1,140 | 47.3 | 52.5 | 0.2 | 510 | 44.8 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 81.8 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 86.4 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 71.2 | 27.8 | 10 |
Hackney | 2,281 | 50.1 | 49.1 | 0.8 | 43.4 | 52 .0 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 75.4 | 24.3 | 0.3 | 810 | 18.6 | 0.4 | 75.9 | 18.3 | 5.8 |
Hammersmith | 1,070 | 92.7 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 14.8 | 79.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 85.6 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 98.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 51.9 | 34.2 | 13.9 |
Hampstead | 421 | 50.8 | 45.4 | 3.8 | 33.2 | 56.8 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 93.6 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 92.4 | 7.6 | — | 42.3 | 43.9 | 13.8 |
Holborn | 401 | 28.2 | 63.1 | 8.7 | 20.7 | 74.9 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 60.6 | 35.9 | 3.5 | 79.8 | 19.5 | 0.7 | 62.6 | 19.7 | 17.7 |
Islington | 2,576 | 59.3 | 38.3 | 2.4 | 20.5 | 55.4 | 23.7 | 0.4 | 70.6 | 27.7 | 1.7 | 88.2 | 9.6 | 2.2 | 72.6 | 18.6 | 8.8 |
Kensington | 983 | 46.0 | 52.1 | 1.9 | 32.6 | 63.4 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 73.2 | 24.9 | 1.9 | 54.6 | 41.2 | 4.2 | 16.9 | 79.6 | 3. 5 |
Lam beth | 2,454 | 54.9 | 43.6 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 70.1 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 80.5 | 18.6 | 0.9 | 81.1 | 17.0 | 1.9 | 64.9 | 16.2 | 18.9 |
Lewisham | 1,206 | 75.5 | 24.1 | 0.4 | 34.3 | 54 .0 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 94.6 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 87.9 | 11.8 | 0.3 | 75.8 | 19.8 | 4.4 |
Paddington | 916 | 83.5 | 15.7 | 0.8 | 62.3 | 33.4 | 4.3 | — | 91.8 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 89.2 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 63.1 | 31.2 | 5.7 |
Poplar | 1,554 | 41.2 | 56.7 | 2.1 | 31.3 | 57.7 | 11.0 | - | 57.9 | 37.7 | 4.4 | 79.9 | 19.3 | 0.8 | 65.6 | 32.7 | 1 .7 |
St. Marylebone | 692 | 84.4 | 15.5 | 0.1 | 76.0 | 23.0 | 1.0 | - | 87.0 | 13.0 | - | 94.8 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 73.1 | 20.1 | 6.8 |
St. Pancras | 2,059 | 59.1 | 38.5 | 2.4 | 28.6 | 63.4 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 70.9 | 28.0 | 1.1 | 80.6 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 55.1 | 30.4 | 14. 5 |
Shoreditch | 1,182 | 21.7 | 73.9 | 4.4 | 38.6 | 55.7 | 5.7 | - | 51.4 | 47.0 | 1.6 | 53.5 | 44.5 | 2.0 | 89.7 | 5.8 | 4.5 |
Southwark | 2,269 | 21.5 | 69.7 | 8.8 | 15.2 | 70.4 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 53.8 | 44.2 | 2.0 | 45.5 | 50.8 | 3.7 | 48.2 | 36.8 | 15.0 |
Stepney | 3,176 | 58.3 | 39.7 | 2.0 | 471 | 42.2 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 63.4 | 34.2 | 2.4 | 73.8 | 24.7 | 1.5 | 55.5 | 36.0 | 8.5 |
Stoke Newington | 212 | 34.4 | 64.2 | 1.4 | 38.2 | 61.8 | 75.5 | 23.1 | 1.4 | 88.2 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 76.4 | 19.8 | 3.8 | ||
Wandsworth | 2,564 | 68.4 | 30.7 | 0.9 | 21.2 | 74.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 83.5 | 15.7 | 0.8 | 87.5 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 78.0 | 12.4 | 9.6 |
Westminster | 716 | 39.1 | 53.2 | 7.7 | 36.7 | 55.4 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 66.8 | 29.7 | 3.5 | 69.4 | 26.8 | 3.8 | 65.9 | 30.9 | 3.2 |
Woolwich | 1,044 | 49.1 | 50.4 | 0.5 | 38.1 | 52.1 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 88.7 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 81.5 | 17.7 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 70.8 | 12.9 |
London County | 39,603 | 55.1 | 42.3 | 2.6 | 32.7 | 57.5 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 73.4 | 24.9 | 1.7 | 77.0 | 21.3 | 1.7 | 63.0 | 27.2 | 9.8 |
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