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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1934.
| Number examined | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Teeth. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair | Poor | Good | Average | Below normal | Bad | Clean | Nits | Pediculi | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi | All sound | Less than 4. decayed | 4 or more decayed | For treatment | ||
| Entrants— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 765 | 150 | 585 | 30 | 132 | 599 | 34 | — | 656 | 102 | 7 | 702 | 58 | 5 | 368 | 309 | 88 | 377 |
| Girls | 766 | 152 | 590 | 24 | 126 | 621 | 19 | — | 622 | 128 | 16 | 694 | 64 | 8 | 377 | 293 | 96 | 377 |
| Total | 1,531 | 302 | 1,175 | 54 | 258 | 1,220 | 53 | — | 1,278 | 230 | 23 | 1,396 | 122 | 13 | 745 | 602 | 184 | 754 |
| Percentage, Shoreditch | 19.7 | 76.8 | 3.5 | 16.8 | 79.7 | 3.5 | — | 83.5 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 91.2 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 48.7 | 39.3 | 12.0 | 49.3 | |
| Percentage, London | 53.7 | 45.7 | 0.6 | 20.0 | 75.9 | 4.1 | — | 96.9 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 98.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 54.4 | 34.3 | 11.3 | 41.8 | |