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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 I. — (
Table showing the number and percentage of children referred for treatment in each age group and in the three age groups taken together and the number and percentage of cases where the parent was present at the inspection.
| Entrants. | Children aged 8. | | Children aged 12. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number examined. | Children referred for treatment. | Per cent. | Parents present. | Per cent. | Number ex. amined. | Children referred for treatment. | Per cent. | Parents present. | Per cent. | N umber examined. | Children referred for treatment. | Per cent. | Parents present. | Per cent. | Cases referred for treatment. | Per cent. | |
| City of London | 222 | 56 | 25.2 | 172 | 77.5 | 234 | 96 | 41.0 | 162 | 69.2 | 226 | 116 | 51.3 | 163 | 72.1 | 268 | 39.3 |
| Battersea | 3,343 | 1,299 | 38.9 | 2,698 | 80.7 | 2,460 | 1,316 | 53.5 | 1,717 | 69.8 | 2,174 | 1,011 | 46.5 | 1,306 | 60.1 | 3,626 | 45.4 |
| Bermondsey | 2,887 | 934 | 32.4 | 2,317 | 80.4 | 2,223 | 860 | 38.7 | 1,650 | 74.2 | 1,958 | 983 | 50.2 | 1,126 | 57.5 | 2,777 | 39.3 |
| Bethnal Green | 2,743 | 568 | 20.7 | 2,152 | 78.5 | 2,476 | 1,008 | 40.7 | 1,657 | 66.9 | 2,188 | 865 | 39.5 | 1,125 | 51.4 | 2,441 | 33.0 |
| Camberwell | 5,219 | 1,091 | 20.9 | 4,306 | 82.5 | 4,072 | 1,173 | 28.8 | 2,869 | 70.5 | 3,703 | 1,372 | 37.1 | 2,189 | 59.1 | 3,636 | 27.8 |
| Chelsea | 900 | 224 | 24.9 | 676 | 751 | 702 | 228 | 32.5 | 498 | 71.0 | 500 | 205 | 41.0 | 275 | 55.0 | 657 | 31.3 |
| Deptford | 1,744 | 537 | 30.8 | 1,401 | 80.3 | 1,458 | 568 | 390 | 1,072 | 73.5 | 1,280 | 584 | 45.6 | 816 | 63.8 | 1,689 | 37.7 |
| Finsbury | 1,834 | 383 | 20.9 | 1,420 | 77.4 | 1,430 | 400 | 28.0 | 930 | 65.0 | 1,467 | 463 | 31.6 | 851 | 58.0 | 1,246 | 26.4 |
| Fulham | 2,695 | 849 | 31.5 | 2,146 | 79.6 | 2,432 | 942 | 38.7 | 1,602 | 65.9 | 1,815 | 607 | 33.4 | 1,005 | 55.4 | 2,398 | 34.5 |
| Greenwich | 2,273 | 446 | 19.6 | 1,834 | 80.7 | 1,622 | 494 | 30.5 | 1,160 | 71.5 | 1,511 | 482 | 31.9 | 894 | 59.2 | 1,422 | 26.3 |
| Hackney | 4,132 | 922 | 22.3 | 3,421 | 82.8 | 3,611 | 1,303 | 36.2 | 2,672 | 74.0 | 3,133 | 1,178 | 37.6 | 2,025 | 64.6 | 3.403 | 31.3 |
| Hammersmith | 2,140 | 396 | 18.5 | 1,665 | 77.8 | 1,316 | 384 | 29.2 | 863 | 65.6 | 1,106 | 241 | 21.8 | 599 | 54.1 | 1,021 | 22.4 |
| Hampstead | 848 | 235 | 27.7 | 688 | 81.1 | 550 | 203 | 36.9 | 385 | 70.0 | 614 | 224 | 36.5 | 314 | 51.1 | 662 | 32.9 |
| Holborn | 787 | 263 | 33.4 | 505 | 64.2 | 565 | 269 | 47.6 | 281 | 49.7 | 525 | 222 | 42.3 | 195 | 37.1 | 754 | 40.1 |
| Islington | 5,121 | 1,298 | 25.3 | 4,029 | 78.7 | 4,742 | 1,631 | 34.4 | 3,358 7 | 70.8 | 4,008 | 1,431 | 35.7 | 2,364 | 59.0 | 4,360 | 31.4 |
| Kensington | 2,106 | 388 | 18.4 | 1,503 | 71.4 | 1,489 | 381 | 25.6 | 807 | 54.2 | 1,092 | 313 | 28.7 | 527 | 48.3 | 1,082 | 23.1 |
| Lambeth | 4,944 | 2,053 | 41.5 | 3,893 | 78.7 | 3,236 | 1,735 | 53.6 | 2,262 | 69.9 | 2,902 | 1,500 | 51.7 | 1,710 | 58.9 | 5,288 | 47.7 |
| Lewisham | 2,478 | 316 | 12 .8 | 2,013 | 81.2 | 2,391 | 644 | 26.9 | 1,689 | 70 .6 | 1,873 | 580 | 31.0 | 1,202 | 64.2 | 1,540 | 22.8 |
| Paddington | 1,829 | 294 | 16.1 | 1,445 | 79.0 | 1,654 | 564 | 34.1 | 1,127 | 68.1 | 1,417 | 413 | 29.1 | 749 | 52.9 | 1,271 | 25.9 |
| Poplar | 3,205 | 1,226 | 38.3 | 2,504 | 78.1 | 2,692 | 1,367 | 50.8 | 1,777 | 66.0 | 2,217 | 1,399 | 63.1 | 1,381 | 62.3 | 3,992 | 49.2 |
| St. Marylebone | 1,285 | 242 | 18.8 | 906 | 70.5 | 876 | 246 | 28.1 | 529 | 60 .4 | 964 | 308 | 32.0 | 448 | 46.5 | 796 | 25.5 |
| St. Pancras | 4,107 | 1,167 | 28.4 | 3,187 | 77.6 | 2,567 | 986 | 38.4 | 1,668 | 65.0 | 2,263 | 843 | 37.3 | 1,238 | 54.7 | 2,996 | 33.5 |
| Shoreditch | 2,251 | 920 | 40.9 | 1,808 | 80.3 | 2,057 | 1,092 | 53.1 | 1,405 | 68 .3 | 1,857 | 950 | 51.2 | 1,058 | 57.0 | 2,962 | 48.0 |
| Southwark: | 4,504 | 2,124 | 47.2 | 3,755 | 83.4 | 3,353 | 1,926 | 57.4 | 2,209 | 65.9 | 3,029 | 1,719 | 56.7 | 1,736 | 57.3 | 5,769 | 53.0 |
| Stepney | 6,497 | 1,829 | 28.2 | 5,114 | 78.7 | 5,221 | 2,236 | 42.8 | 3,365 | 64 .4 | 4,437 | 1,864 | 42.0 | 2,251 | 50.7 | 5,929 | 36.7 |
| Stoke Newington | 447 | 74 | 16.6 | 389 | 87.0 | 400 | 139 | 34.7 | 290 | 72.5 | 367 | 178 | 48.5 | 258 | 70.3 | 391 | 32.2 |
| Wandsworth | 5,408 | 2,059 | 381 | 4,428 | 81.9 | 3,910 | 1,975 | 50.6 | 2,876 | 73 .8 | 3,683 | 1,617 | 44.0 | 2,339 | 63.7 | 5,651 | 43.5 |
| Westminster | 1,507 | 352 | 23.4 | 1,248 | 82.8 | 1,034 | 348 | 33.6 | 701 | 67.8 | 690 | 252 | 36.5 | 365 | 52.9 | 952 | 29.5 |
| Woolwich | 2,164 | 1,123 | 51.9 | 1,833 | 84.7 | 2,127 | 1,280 | 60.2 | 1,580 | 74 .3 | 1,639 | 1,155 | 70.5 | 1,110 | 67.7 | 3,558 | 60.0 |
| London County | 79,620 | 23,668 | 29.7 | 63,456 | 79.7 | 62,900 | 25,794 | 41.0 | 43,161 | 68 .6 | 54,638 | 23,075 | 42.2 | 31,619 | 57.9 | 72,537 | 36.8 |