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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Appendix I.
v.
APPENDIX I
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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| BOYS BORN IN 1901. | . | ||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 110 | 67.3 | 30.0 | 2.7 | 25.5 | 61.8 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 87.3 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 62.7 | 35.5 | 1.8 | 64.5 | 20.0 | 15.5 |
| Battersea | 1,148 | 50.0 | 42.9 | 7.1 | 17.7 | 70.4 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 97.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 830 | 15.7 | 1.3 | 33.5 | 44.5 | 22.0 |
| Bermondsey | 962 | 41.5 | 45.9 | 12.6 | 16.8 | 54.7 | 26.0 | 2.5 | 79.6 | 19.4 | 1.0 | 56.2 | 39.3 | 4.5 | 58.7 | 32.6 | 8.7 |
| Bethnal Green | 980 | 34.8 | 53.0 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 39.2 | 44.7 | 2.7 | 87.2 | 12.3 | 0.5 | 540 | 40.1 | 5.9 | 44.7 | 50.4 | 4.9 |
| Camberwell | 1,832 | 64.3 | 33.4 | 2.3 | 35.2 | 56.7 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 86.8 | 12.2 | 1.0 | 80.0 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 719 | 19.2 | 8.9 |
| Chelsea | 234 | 24.8 | 67.9 | 7.3 | 27.8 | 64.5 | 7.7 | - | 50.4 | 46.6 | 3.0 | 49.1 | 47.9 | 3.0 | 45.3 | 48.3 | 6.4 |
| Deptford | 655 | 43.7 | 52.2 | 4.1 | 25.1 | 58.9 | 16.0 | — | 92.1 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 78.9 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 66.9 | 24.9 | 8.2 |
| Finsbury | 718 | 18.9 | 63.8 | 17.3 | 24.8 | 62.7 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 73.4 | 26.2 | 0.4 | 45.3 | 490 | 5.7 | 36.6 | 54.3 | 9.1 |
| Fulham | 1,012 | 55.3 | 43.6 | 27.2 | 63.6 | 9.2 | - | 97.7 | 2.3 | 88.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 55.2 | 33.3 | 11.5 | ||
| Greenwich | 806 | 49.3 | 47.6 | 3.1 | 58.2 | 40.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 79.2 | 20.7 | 0.1 | 75.5 | 23.8 | 0.7 | 32.5 | 63.5 | 4.0 |
| Hackney | 1,533 | 45.4 | 51.5 | 3.1 | 25.2 | 61.6 | 12.8 | 0.4 | 85.5 | 14 2 | 0.3 | 72.9 | 25.1 | 20 | 54.7 | 38.4 | 6.9 |
| Hammersmith | 524 | 85.9 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 12.8 | 80.2 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 94.8 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 93.1 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 49.4 | 39.5 | 11.1 |
| Hampstead | 314 | 31.5 | 61.8 | 6.7 | 27.4 | 61.5 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 96.5 | 3.5 | -. | 83.8 | 15.9 | 0.3 | 15.9 | 65.0 | 19.1 |
| Holborn | 287 | 28.2 | 58.9 | 12.9 | 13 9 | 72.1 | 13.6 | 0.4 | 87.1 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 66.9 | 31.0 | 2.1 | 64.1 | 22.0 | 13.9 |
| Islington | 2,021 | 54.6 | 41.1 | 4.3 | 180 | 58.0 | 22.9 | 1.1 | 94.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 87.1 | 10.8 | 2.1 | 56.1 | 33.7 | 10.2 |
| Kensington | 478 | 47.3 | 49.1 | 3.6 | 35.8 | 56.0 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 72.4 | 26.1 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 45.4 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 84.6 | 3.3 |
| 1,507 | 50.7 | 45.9 | 3.4 | 27.6 | 60.7 | 11.4 | 0.3 | 93.4 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 77.3 | 21.2 | 1.5 | 51.7 | 37.6 | 10.7 | |
| 879 | 76.0 | 23.0 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 64.0 | 24.1 | 0.1 | 98.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 87.0 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 65.8 | 29.8 | 4.4 | |
| Paddington | 669 | 83.7 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 62.4 | 33.5 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 97.0 | 3.0 | - | 90.5 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 47.7 | 40.8 | 11.5 |
| Poplar | 982 | 30.0 | 63.3 | 6.7 | 19.6 | 62.3 | 18.1 | 88.4 | 10.9 | 0.7 | 70.1 | 28.9 | 1.0 | 33.4 | 65.7 | 0.9 | |
| St. Marylebone | 436 | 76.1 | 23.4 | 0.5 | 70.9 | 27.7 | 1.4 | - | 92.0 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 91.3 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 60.5 | 29.6 | 9.9 |
| St. Pancras | 1,064 | 60.2 | 36.8 | 3.0 | 25.5 | 63.0 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 88.6 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 82.7 | 16.3 | 1.0 | 43.2 | 43.8 | 13.0 |
| Shoreditch | 967 | 11.1 | 85.4 | 3.5 | 20.1 | 67.9 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 55.9 | 43.6 | 0.5 | 52.2 | 44.8 | 3.0 | 89.0 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
| Southwark | 1,544 | 19.4 | 64.5 | 16.1 | 10.8 | 64.5 | 23.2 | 1.5 | 81.7 | 18.0 | 0.3 | 44.2 | 47.8 | 8.0 | 48.4 | 42.1 | 9.5 |
| Stepney | 2,281 | 50.2 | 43.5 | 6.3 | 35.3 | 48.9 | 13.5 | 2.3 | 87.3 | 12.3 | 0.4 | 63.9 | 32.4 | 3.7 | 30.1 | 55.5 | 14.4 |
| Stoke Newington | 189 | 51.8 | 47.1 | 40.7 | 56.1 | 3.2 | 95.8 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 92.6 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 64.0 | 26.5 | 9.5 | ||
| Wandsworth | 1,962 | 64.7 | 31.1 | 4.2 | 19.1 | 73.6 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 93.3 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 85.4 | 13 7 | 0.9 | 66.3 | 24.1 | 9.6 |
| Westminster | 313 | 22.4 | 72.5 | 5.1 | 22.7 | 72.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 47.0 | 49.8 | 3.2 | 47.6 | 49.2 | 3.2 | 48.9 | 43.1 | 8.0 |
| Woolwich | 736 | 60.1 | 39.4 | 0.5 | 47.3 | 48.1 | 4.6 | - | 93.0 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 86.2 | 12.9 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 72.8 | 20.0 |
| London County | 27,143 | 49.1 | 45.4 | 5.5 | 26.4 | 58.9 | 13.9 | 0 .8 | 87.3 | 12.3 | 0 4 | | 73.1 | 24.3 | 2. 6 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 10.0 |
| GIRLS BORN IN 1901. | |||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 116 | 75.9 | 23.3 | 0.8 | 39.7 | 44.8 | 13.8 | 1.7 | 59.5 | 39.6 | 0.9 | 69.8 | 30.2 | 75.9 | 11.2 | 12.9 | |
| Battersea | 1,026 | 54.3 | 39.6 | 6.1 | 20.8 | 64.4 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 76.1 | 22.0 | 1.9 | 78.6 | 20.0 | 1.4 | 37.8 | 45.6 | 16.6 |
| Bermondsey | 996 | 44.9 | 42.7 | 12.4 | 17.6 | 52.8 | 26.7 | 2.9 | 61.4 | 35.2 | 3.4 | 56.1 | 39.0 | 4.9 | 61.3 | 32.3 | 6.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,208 | 42.0 | 50.4 | 7.6 | 20.9 | 38.4 | 39.3 | 1.4 | 54.5 | 38.0 | 7.5 | 60.0 | 36.3 | 3.7 | 45.4 | 50.5 | 4.1 |
| Cambcrwell | 1,871 | 68.6 | 30.1 | 1.3 | 35.7 | 54.5 | 9.1 | 0.7 | 64.5 | 32.9 | 2.6 | 73.4 | 22.6 | 4.0 | 74.7 | 16.8 | 8.5 |
| Chelsea | 266 | 27.8 | 63.5 | 8.7 | 20.3 | 72.2 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 6.8 | 46.6 | 47.0 | 6.4 | 49.3 | 44.7 | 6.0 |
| Deptford | 625 | 50.9 | 47.2 | 1.9 | 25.1 | 60.2 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 73.3 | 24.5 | 2.2 | 73.1 | 22.9 | 4.0 | 61.8 | 29.2 | 9.0 |
| Finsbury | 749 | 19.1 | 71.7 | 9.2 | 32.8 | 56.4 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 44.7 | 47.5 | 7.8 | 52.9 | 43.5 | 3.6 | 40.0 | 52.9 | 7.1 |
| Fulham | 803 | 51.6 | 47.4 | 1.0 | 38.7 | 54.8 | 6.5 | 79.4 | 19.2 | • KJ 1.4 | 89.0 | 10.2 | i 0.8 | 58.7 | 32.5 | 8.8 | |
| Greenwich | 705 | 42.3 | 56.7 | 1.0 | 60.4 | 36.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 86.8 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 83.4 | 16.6 | 45.7 | 51.9 | 2.4 | |
| Hackney | 1,600 | 44.9 | 53.3 | 1.8 | 25.9 | 60.9 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 62.1 | 36.9 | 1.0 | 69.6 | 28.4 | 2.0 | 56.6 | 38.1 | 5.3 |
| Hammersmith | 582 | 84.0 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 17.7 | 70.3 | 12.0 | 76.1 | 23.4 | 0.5 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 49.6 | 41.8 | 8.6 | ||
| Hampstead | 300 | 39.7 | 56.6 | 3.7 | 30.3 | 60.4 | 9.3 | 77.3 | 22.7 | — | 86.3 | 13.7 | 18.3 | 64.0 | 17.7 | ||
| Holborn | 238 | 30.3 | 60.5 | 9.2 | 19.3 | 71.9 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 46.2 | 48.8 | 5.0 | 81.9 | 16.8 | 1.3 | 75.2 | 15.1 | 9.7 |
| Islington | 1,987 | 52.1 | 44.9 | 3.0 | 220 | 530 | 24.5 | 0.5 | 62.8 | 34.2 | 3.0 | 86.0 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 59.8 | 30.9 | 9.3 |
| Kensington | 614 | 42.7 | 55.2 | 2.1 | 33.5 | 60.3 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 64.3 | 32.3 | 3.4 | 54.2 | 41.4 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 86.6 | 4.6 |
| Lambeth | 1,395 | 53.9 | 43.7 | 2.4 | 29.3 | 61.4 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 77.9 | 21.0 | 1.1 | 82.2 | 17.0 | 0.8 | 59.5 | 33.8 | 6.7 |
| Lewisham | 994 | 79.6 | 19.5 | 0.9 | 14.2 | 66.5 | 19.3 | - | 94.1 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 90.5 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 65.5 | 30.0 | 4.5 |
| Paddington | 748 | 82.5 | 16.8 | 0.7 | 72.7 | 25.4 | 1.9 | 86.9 | 11.2 | 1.9 | 91.2 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 57.2 | 34.4 | 8.4 | |
| Poplar | 1,235 | 45.0 | 51.8 | 3.2 | 28.4 | 52.4 | 19.2 | 49.6 | 45.1 | 5.3 | 72.2 | 26.8 | 1.0 | 30.6 | 2.9 | ||
| St. Marylebone | 528 | 74.0 | 25.8 | 0.2 | 76.9 | 21.6 | 1.5 | 70.6 | 29.0 | 0.4 | 92.0 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 60.0 | 31.1 | 8.9 | |
| St. Pancras | 1,199 | 58.6 | 39.6 | 1.8 | 27.2 | 64.0 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 64.1 | 34.6 | 1.3 | 87.9 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 49.2 | 36.6 | 14.2 |
| Shoreditch | 890 | 17.1 | 81.2 | 1.7 | 31.3 | 58.8 | 90 | 0.9 | 57.4 | 42.0 | 0.6 | 56.4 | 42.9 | 0.7 | 91.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Southwark | 1,485 | 24.9 | 66.0 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 60.9 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 52.9 | 45.0 | 2.1 | 54.8 | 39.9 | 5.3 | 490 | 41.4 | 9.6 |
| Stepney | 2,156 | 57.3 | 39.9 | 2.8 | 41.4 | 45.3 | 12.3 | 1.0 | 59.4 | 37.9 | 2.7 | 67.1 | 30.4 | 2.5 | 31.8 | 55.7 | 12.5 |
| Stoke Newington | 178 | 54.5 | 43.8 | 1.7 | 34.8 | 59.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 81.5 | 18.5 | 91.5 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 70.2 | 19.7 | 10.1 | |
| Wandsworth | 1,721 | 66.5 | 31.7 | 1.8 | 25.3 | 67.3 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 81.5 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 87.5 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 73.7 | 19.3 | 7.0 |
| Westminster | 377 | 25.2 | 70.8 | 4.0 | 33.9 | 58.9 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 56.2 | 40.3 | 3.5 | 56.5 | 39.3 | 4.2 | 55.5 | 36.1 | 8.4 |
| Woolwich | 903 | 57.5 | 41.9 | 0.6 | 43.1 | 51.9 | 5.0 | 89.7 | 9.9 | 0.4 | 88.8 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 72.0 | «■» 18.8 | |
| London County | 27,495 | 51.8 | 44.8 | 3.4 | 30.6 | 55.1 | 13.7 | 0.6 | 67.2 | 30.4 | 2 .4 | 74.8 | 23.1 | 2.1 | 52.4 | 39.0 | 8.6 |
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