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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE VII. Routine Inspections, 1921.
| Clothing and footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness. | Condition of teeth. | Acuity of vision. | Mental condition. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head. | Body. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 1. | 2. | 3. | |||
| Entrants— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41,304 | Boys | 25,723 | 14,837 | 744 | 9,741 | 29,337 | 2,216 | 10 | 38,756 | 2,456 | 92 | 38,273 | 2,956 | 75 | 21,959 | 13,597 | 5,748 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| % | 62.3 | 35.9 | 1.8 | 23.6 | 71.0 | 5.4 | 93.9 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 92.6 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 53.2 | 32.9 | 13.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 40,398 | Girls | 25,343 | 14,444 | 611 | 10,019 | 28,426 | 1,941 | 12 | 33,030 | 6,827 | 541 | 37,323 | 2,985 | 90 | 21,375 | 13,552 | 5,471 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| % | 62.7 | 35.8 | 1.5 | 24.8 | 70.4 | 4.8 | 81.8 | 16.9 | 1.3 | 92.4 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 52.9 | 33.6 | 13.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Intermediate (Age 8)— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33,494 | Boys | 19,628 | 12,880 | 986 | 5,559 | 25,510 | 2,417 | 8 | 31,196 | 2,228 | 70 | 30,247 | 3,154 | 93 | 17,545 | 12,327 | 3,622 | 15,349 | 10,919 | 6,333 | 32,108 | 1,370 | 16 | |
| % | 58.6 | 38.5 | 2.9 | 16.6 | 76.2 | 7.2 | 93.1 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 90.3 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 52.4 | 36.8 | 10.8 | 47.1 | 33.5 | 19.4 | 95.9 | 4.1 | 0.0 | |||
| 33,530 | Girls | 19,767 | 13,102 | 661 | 6,396 | 24,874 | 2,255 | 5 | 25,106 | 7,833 | 591 | 30,525 | 2,930 | 75 | 17,545 | 12,417 | 3,568 | 14,281 | 11,451 | 6,916 | 32,423 | 1,098 | 9 | |
| % | 58.9 | 39.1 | 2.0 | 19.1 | 74.2 | 6.7 | 74.9 | 23.3 | 1.8 | 91.0 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 52.3 | 37.1 | 10.6 | 43.7 | 35.1 | 21.2 | 96.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Age 12- 34,587 | Boys | 18,835 | 14,488 | 1,264 | 6,586 | 25,880 | 2,118 | 3 | 32,383 | 2,123 | 81 | 30,914 | 3,562 | 111 | 20,846 | 12,340 | 1,401 | 19,595 | 7,854 | 7,015 | 32,944 | 1,639 | 4 | |
| % | 54.4 | 41.9 | 3.7 | 19.0 | 74.9 | 6.1 | 93.7 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 89.4 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 60.3 | 35.7 | 4.0 | 56.9 | 22.8 | 20.3 | 95.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | |||
| 34,020 | Girls | 19,567 | 13,861 | 592 | 7,270 | 24,787 | 1,961 | 2 | 24,909 | 8,513 | 598 | 31,031 | 2,922 | 67 | 21,615 | 11,318 | 1,087 | 17,642 | 8,805 | 7,497 | 32,474 | 1,546 | — | |
| % | 57.6 | 40.7 | 1.7 | 21.4 | 72.8 | 5.8 | 73.2 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 91.2 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 63.5 | 33.3 | 3.2 | 52.0 | 25.9 | 22.1 | 95.4 | 4.6 | — | |||
| Leavers for continuation school— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38,822 | Boys | 21,384 | 16,100 | 1,338 | 9,994 | 27,019 | 1,804 | 5 | 36,795 | 1,972 | 55 | 35,264 | 3,480 | 78 | 24,792 | 12,786 | 1,244 | 23,363 | 7,507 | 7,798 | 37,312 | 1,509 | 1 | |
| % | 55.1 | 41.5 | 3.4 | 25.7 | 69.6 | 4.7 | 94.8 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 90.8 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 63.8 | 32.8 | 3.4 | 60.4 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 96.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |||
| 38,397 | Girls | 23,632 | 14,284 | 481 | 11,950 | 24,971 | 1,469 | 7 | 29,825 | 8,021 | 551 | 35,327 | 3,011 | 59 | 24,743 | 12,477 | 1,177 | 21,525 | 8,689 | 8,119 | 36,887 | 1,510 | — | |
| % | 61.5 | 37.2 | 1.3 | 31.1 | 65.1 | 3.8 | 77.7 | 20.9 | 1.4 | 92.0 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 64.4 | 32.5 | 3.1 | 56.2 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 96.0 | 4.0 | — | |||
| Total— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary schools 294,552 | 173,879 | 113,996 | 6,677 | 67,515 | 210,804 | 16,181 | 52 | 252,000 | 39,973 | 2,579 | 268,904 | 25,000 | 648 | 170,420 | 100,814 | 23,318 | 111,755 | 55,205 | 43,678 | 204,148 | 8,672 | 30 | ||
| % | 59.0 | 38.7 | 2.3 | 22.9 | 71.6 | 5.5 | 85.5 | 13.6 | 0.9 | 91.3 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 57.9 | 34.2 | 7.9 | 53.1 | 26.2 | 20.7 | 96.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Special schools 2,255 | 826 | 1,245 | 184 | 420 | 1,538 | 297 | — | 1,683 | 513 | 59 | 1,736 | 499 | 20 | 1,110 | 938 | 207 | 598 | 719 | 544 | — | — | — | ||
| % | 36.6 | 55.2 | 8.2 | 18.6 | 68.2 | 13.2 | — | 74.6 | 22.8 | 2.6 | 77.0 | 22.1 | 0.9 | 49.2 | 41.6 | 9.2 | 32.2 | 38.6 | 29.2 | — | — | — | ||
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Under clothing—1=good, 2=fair, 3=poor. Under nutrition—1=good, 2=normal, 3=below normal, 4=bad. Under cleanliness—1 —clean, 2=dirty (nits present), 3=pediculi.
Under vision—1=6/6 in both eyes, 2= 6/9 in either of both eyes, 3 = 6/12 or worse in either eye. Mental condition—1 = normal, 2 = dull or backward, 3 = mentally defective.