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Bromley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE D.
Nutritional Standard.
This tabulation gives an indication of the nutritional stand ard of the 1,372 routine medical examinations at schools during
1945
| Age Groups | No. Inspected | Classification of Nutrition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent Per Cent. | Normal Per Cent. | Sub-normal Per Cent. | Bad Per Cent. | ||
| Entrants | 555 | 3.45 | 90.96 | 5.59 | _ |
| 2nd Age Group | 432 | 3.93 | 90.05 | 5.79 | 0.23 |
| 3rd Age Group | 385 | 3.11 | 90.45 | 5.72 | 0.52 |
| Total | 1372 | 3.50 | 90.60 | 5.68 | 0.22 |
TABLE E.
Comparative tabulation of Nutritional Standards of Pre-war and War -Time periods with 1945.
| Normal | 90.60 | 84.93 | 80.57 | |
| Sub-normal | 5.68 | 8.14 | 10.89 | |
| Bad | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.87 | |
Malnutrition.
What may we deduce from the foregoing tabulations, which
indicate that out of some 1,400 children medically examined
only about 6 per cent. fell below a normal standard of nutrition?
believe we should take the results shown in this table with
some reserve. I have previously stated there are varieties of
opinion as to what constitutes normal physique, and as there is
no physiological standard of what constitutes the normal, the
tables are merely an indication of the physical fitness of the