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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

Shoreditch 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: ALL ENTRANTS

ALL ENTRANTS

GirlsBoysTotalPercentage of Total
19321931193219311932193119321931
Nutrition:
Excellent17422915521132940018.6722.1
Normal6846836667431,3501,42676.6172.0
Sub-Normal37544660831144.725.8
Bad———2—2—0.1
Cleanliness and Skin Defects:
Head:
Clean17022413320230342617.1921.5
Nits, not verminous6967127248041,4201,51680.5976.5
Vermin2930101039402.222.0
Body:
Clean7558577288961,4831,75384.1788.4
Dirty, not verminous1319913311126421014.9810.6
Verminous9961015190.851.0
Teeth:
Sound5346355216671,0551,30259.8765.7
1-3 Decayed26624124525751149829.0025.1
4 or more Decayed95911019219618311.139.2

Table: PARTICULARS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN DEFECTS

PARTICULARS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN DEFECTS

DefectGirlsBoysTotal
193219311932193119321931
Nose and Throat167213169237336450
Eye Disease262722124839
Vision44412816
Ear Disease or Hearing111516162731
Other Defects97115103113200228

Table: An interesting comparison may be made between the number of defective school entrants in Shoreditch and in London as a whole : —

An interesting comparison may be made between the number of defective school entrants in Shoreditch and in London as a whole : —

LONDONSHOREDITCH
19291930193119321929193019311932 1,762
No. of school entrants inspected76,02464,63268,28358,3452,1031,9021,982
No. found requiring treatment (other than dental)13,07210,85612,2209,865264218331253
Percentage requiring treatment17.216.817.916.912.511.516.714.4