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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1913.
appendix 1
Classification of children as to condition of clothing, nutrition, cleanliness and teeth. Percentage of children in each class.
| Number of children examined. | Condition of clothing and foot gear. | Condition as regards nutrition. | Cleanliness of head. | Cleanliness of body. | Condition of teeth. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| BOYS BORN IN 1905. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 129 | 63.6 | 31.8 | 4.6 | 17.0 | 72.9 | 101 | - | 87.6 | 12.4 | 73.6 | 22.5 | 3.9 | 51.9 | 33.4 | 14.7 | |
| Battersea | 1,188 | 45.3 | 47.8 | 6.9 | 18.4 | 72.7 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 93.9 | 6.1 | - | 73.2 | 24.9 | 1.9 | 39.7 | 32.4 | 27.9 |
| Bermondsey | 1,120 | 42.7 | 490 | 8.3 | 25.3 | 56.6 | 17.8 | 0.3 | 85.4 | 14.2 | 0.4 | 59.8 | 32.4 | 7.8 | 61.1 | 27.7 | 11.2 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,227 | 290 | 54.7 | 16.3 | 6.6 | 41.6 | 510 | 0.8 | 79.1 | 20.3 | 0.6 | 46.0 | 51.6 | 2.4 | 49.3 | 47.4 | 3.3 |
| Camberwell | 1,997 | 63.6 | 31.7 | 4.7 | 26.4 | 61.7 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 85.4 | 13.2 | 1.4 | 75.0 | 20.3 | 4.7 | 71.5 | 22.1 | 6.4 |
| Chelsea | 404 | 37.4 | 48.0 | 14.6 | 33.9 | 50.3 | 15.8 | - | 66.9 | 26.2 | 6.9 | 66.1 | 28.0 | 5.9 | 53.7 | 40.4 | 5.9 |
| Deptford | 735 | 66.4 | 31.3 | 2.3 | 20.8 | 61.7 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 89.5 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 76.3 | 21.4 | 2.3 | 65.2 | 29.4 | 5.4 |
| Finsbury | 732 | 18.9 | 63.9 | 17.2 | 21.4 | 66.1 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 71.9 | 26.9 | 1.2 | 39.1 | 49.6 | 11.3 | 46.0 | 40.9 | 13.1 |
| Fulham | 1,231 | 47.0 | 49.3 | 3.7 | 26.2 | 53.4 | 20.1 | 0.3 | 96.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 87.6 | 11.8 | 0.6 | 45.4 | 32.9 | 21.7 |
| Greenwich | 818 | 45.1 | 51.8 | 31 | 29.7 | 59.3 | 10.6 | 0.4 | 72.6 | 27.4 | - | 61.0 | 37.2 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 77.1 | 20 |
| Hackney | 1,847 | 50.8 | 46.0 | 3.2 | 27.7 | 630 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 94.7 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 90.1 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 68.8 | 21.3 | 9.9 |
| Hammersmith | 773 | 87.6 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 78.5 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 97.9 | 2.1 | - | 96.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 38.0 | 46.5 | 15.5 |
| Hampstead | 256 | 30.5 | 62.9 | 6.6 | 33.6 | 500 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 96.1 | 3.9 | - | 90.2 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 18.8 | 57.4 | 23.8 |
| Holborn | 253 | 190 | 58.9 | 22.1 | 6.3 | 89.0 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 80.6 | 17.0 | 2.4 | 70.3 | 27.7 | 2.0 | 46.3 | 29.6 | 24.1 |
| Islington | 2,371 | 53.9 | 40.5 | 5.6 | 161 | 59.8 | 23.8 | 0.3 | 91.8 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 82.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 53.8 | 32.6 | 13.6 |
| Kensington | 708 | 35.9 | 53.2 | 10.9 | 28.7 | 62.1 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 58.8 | 39.7 | 1.5 | 36.6 | 54.5 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 93.1 | 3.7 |
| Lambeth | 1,626 | 50.2 | 45.6 | 4.2 | 21.3 | 69.8 | 8.2 | 0.7 | 92.7 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 76.4 | 22.0 | 1.6 | 54.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 |
| Lewisham | 1,295 | 72.8 | 25.3 | 1.9 | 15.4 | 63.6 | 21.0 | - | 97.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 80.1 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 58.1 | 36.0 | 5.9 |
| Paddington | 835 | 60.6 | 35.8 | 3.6 | 47.9 | 42.8 | 9.3 | 91.6 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 80.3 | 17 1 | 2.6 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 100 | |
| Poplar | 1,344 | 24.9 | 65.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 69.7 | 21.3 | 0.5 | 90.3 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 70.5 | 28.6 | 0.9 | 58.3 | 40.2 | 1.5 |
| St. Marylebone | 475 | 83.4 | 14.7 | 1.9 | 69.5 | 28.6 | 1.9 | - | 97.1 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 94.3 | 5.7 | - | 61.7 | 25.7 | 12.6 |
| St. Pancras | 1,239 | 56.5 | 40.7 | 2.8 | 171 | 72.6 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 82.7 | 17.1 | 0.2 | 74.9 | 23.6 | 1.5 | 30.3 | 47.8 | 21.9 |
| Shoreditch | 1,019 | 31.7 | 47.3 | 210 | 38.3 | 45.2 | 16.4 | 0.1 | 79.3 | 20.6 | 0.1 | 68.4 | 28.9 | 2.7 | 86.4 | 9.8 | 3.8 |
| Southwark | 1,719 | 13.3 | 66.4 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 620 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 78.0 | 21.7 | 0.3 | 34.9 | 57.4 | 7.7 | 41.6 | 43.1 | 15.3 |
| Stepney | 2,578 | 50.6 | 43.8 | 5.6 | 161 | 60.5 | 23.1 | 0.3 | 85.1 | 14.6 | 0.3 | 68.7 | 29.2 | 2.1 | 52.8 | 40.9 | 6.3 |
| Stoke Newington | 211 | 30.8 | 64.5 | 4.7 | 37.4 | 61.2 | 1.4 | 1 - | 93.4 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 89.1 | 10.0 | 0.9 | 80.1 | 10.9 | 9.0 |
| Wandsworth | 1,946 | 62.2 | 33.6 | 4.2 | 14.6 | 80.3 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 93.4 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 84.7 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 68.3 | 15.1 | 16.6 |
| Westminster | 483 | 37.7 | 53.6 | 8.7 | 36.8 | 51.6 | 11.6 | - | 67.1 | 29.6 | 3.3 | 66.3 | 29.6 | 4.1 | 54.5 | 37.4 | 8.1 |
| Woolwich | 1,084 | 25.8 | 72.1 | 2.1 | 19.3 | 710 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 93.6 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 79.7 | 19.5 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 74.8 | 21.9 |
| London County | 31,643 | 47.5 | 45.4 | 71 | 220 | 62.2 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 87.1 | 12.3 | 0.6 | 72.0 | 25.1 | 2.9 | 51.4 | 36.6 | 12.0 |
| GIRLS BORN IN 1905. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 105 | 61.9 | 37.1 | 1.0 | 18.1 | 69.5 | 11.4 | 1.0 | 61.9 | 36.2 | 1.9 | 73.3 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 47.6 | 34.3 | 18.1 |
| Battersea | 1,272 | 46.8 | 47.1 | 6.1 | 26.6 | 65.2 | 8.2 | - | 70.2 | 28.6 | 1.2 | 74.3 | 23.7 | 2.0 | 43.9 | 30.4 | 25.7 |
| Bermondsey | 1,103 | 54.4 | 40.4 | 5.2 | 270 | 57.8 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 71. 8 | 26.7 | 1.5 | 52.8 | 41.0 | 6.2 | 56.2 | 30.2 | 13.6 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,249 | 35.2 | 57.0 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 48.0 | 40.2 | 0.5 | 50.5 | 42.0 | 7.5 | 54.1 | 42.4 | 3.5 | 51.5 | 44.5 | 4.0 |
| Camberwell | 2,075 | 68.1 | 30.8 | 1.1 | 26.6 | 62.0 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 68.9 | 29.1 | 20 | 73.5 | 23.0 | 3.5 | 71.2 | 22.2 | 6.6 |
| Chelsea | 298 | 35.2 | 48.3 | 16.5 | 32.9 | 49.0 | 17.8 | 0.3 | 63.4 | 25.9 | 10.7 | 60.1 | 32.9 | 7.0 | 58.1 | 31.5 | 10.4 |
| Deptford | 723 | 75.9 | 21.9 | 2.2 | 26.3 | 58.2 | 15.2 | 0.3 | 76.9 | 19.5 | 3.6 | 67.6 | 28.8 | 3.6 | 59.8 | 32. 5 | 7.7 |
| Finsbury | 698 | 21.5 | 64.5 | 14.0 | 29.5 | 60.6 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 36.3 | 53.7 | 10.0 | 42.7 | 51.7 | 5.6 | 48.9 | 40.8 | |
| Fulham | 1,201 | 55.4 | 43.3 | 1.3 | 31.5 | 52.7 | 15.6 | 0.2 | 83.4 | 16.5 | 0.1 | 89.4 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 45.4 | 33.7 | 20.9 |
| Greenwich | 804 | 41.6 | 57.5 | 0.9 | 33.8 | 58.5 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 68.9 | 300 | 1.1 | 71.1 | 28.0 | 0.9 | 23.8 | 75.1 | 1.1 |
| Hackney | 1,764 | 56.2 | 42.7 | 1.1 | 31.4 | 62.7 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 81.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 87.7 | 11.8 | 0.5 | 69.4 | 21.0 | 9.6 |
| Hammersmith | 543 | 95.0 | 5.0 | - | 9.9 | 80.1 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 79.9 | 20.1 | - | 97.8 | 2.2 | - | 39.2 | 44.6 | 16.2 |
| Hampstead | 294 | 33.0 | 61.9 | 5.1 | 26.9 | 60.2 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 81.0 | 19.0 | - | 92.9 | 7.1 | _ | 15.3 | 61.9 | 22.8 |
| Holborn | 312 | 240 | 63.2 | 12. 8 | 9.3 | 84.0 | 6.7 | - | 50.0 | 41.7 | 8.3 | 73.7 | 26.0 | 0.3 | 47.8 | 28.8 | 23.4 |
| Islington | 2,371 | 52.9 | 43.6 | 3.5 | 18.3 | 58.4 | 23.0 | 0.3 | 59.3 | 38.3 | 2.4 | 82.9 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 57.7 | 27.8 | 14.5 |
| Kensington | 781 | 39.0 | 57.4 | 3.6 | 30.8 | 65.4 | 3.8 | - | 58.2 | 37.3 | 4.5 | 48.5 | 47.5 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 91.3 | 2.8 |
| Lambeth | 1,610 | 49.4 | 49.0 | 1.6 | 22.1 | 70.5 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 76.6 | 21.8 | 1.6 | 76.4 | 22.4 | 1.2 | 57.1 | 23.5 | 19.4 |
| Lewisham | 1,096 | 83.5 | 16.2 | 0.3 | 16.7 | 61.0 | 22.3 | 92.8 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 84.5 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 57.5 | 36.4 | 6.1 | |
| Paddington | 819 | 60.1 | 36.9 | 3.0 | 54.1 | 40.1 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 76.7 | 21.2 | 2.1 | 77.4 | 20.2 | 2.4 | 47.7 | 11.9 | |
| Poplar | 1,348 | 34.9 | 56.1 | 9.0 | 16.0 | 63.8 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 57.7 | 36.8 | 5.5 | 80.7 | 18.7 | 0.6 | 54.1 | 43.9 | 2.0 |
| St. Marylebone | 401 | 84.3 | 14.7 | 1.0 | 74.3 | 23.7 | 2.0 | - | 87.0 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 93.8 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 53.4 | 33.2 | 13.4 |
| St. Pancras | 1,328 | 58.2 | 38.5 | 3.3 | 18.4 | 71.6 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 63.5 | 34.6 | 1.9 | 82.4 | 16.9 | 0.7 | 35.7 | 45.2 | 19.1 |
| Shoreditch | 1,038 | 39.9 | 39.6 | 20.5 | 48.7 | 41.5 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 57.2 | 38.1 | 4.7 | 66.7 | 32.2 | 1.1 | 85.6 | 9.2 | 5.2 |
| Southwark | 1,634 | 17.4 | 70.0 | 12.6 | 16.3 | 66.3 | 17.0 | 0.4 | 48.1 | 50.4 | 1.5 | 39.5 | 54.4 | 6.1 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 16.0 |
| Stepney | 2,643 | 57.9 | 39.3 | 2.8 | 22.4 | 61.3 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 53.3 | 45.0 | 1.7 | 76.3 | 22.9 | 0.8 | 511 | 42.5 | 6.4 |
| Stoke Newington | 169 | 38.1 | 59.3 | 2.6 | 42.3 | 56.6 | 1.1 | - | 77.8 | 21.1 | 1.1 | 89.4 | 10.6 | - | 73.0 | 15.9 | 11.1 |
| Wandsworth | 1,964 | 66.7 | 31.1 | 2.2 | 19.0 | 76.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 79.3 | 19.6 | 1.1 | 83.9 | 15.2 | 0.9 | 67.1 | 17.2 | 15.7 |
| Westminster | 551 | 38.6 | 51.2 | 10.2 | 34.5 | 53.5 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 62.8 | 33.6 | 3.6 | 63.5 | 33.2 | 3.3 | 52.4 | 37.6 | *10.0 |
| Woolwich | 1,043 | 30.5 | 68.7 | 0.8 | 19.9 | 70.4 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 83.8 | 15.4 | 0.8 | 79.1 | 20.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 74.2 | 23.9 |
| London County | 31,257 | 51.4 | 43.9 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 61.4 | 13.2 | 0.3 | 67.3 | 30.3 | 2.4 | 73.7 | 24.2 | 2.1 | 51.6 | 36.3 | 12.1 |