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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Entrants in Shoreditch in 1936.
| 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 | 734 | 164 | 556 | 14 | 60 | 636 | 37 | 1 | 623 | 105 | 6 | 679 | 52 | 3 | 359 | 250 | 125 | 340 |
| Girls | 737 | 144 | 569 | 24 | 58 | 635 | 44 | - | 593 | 128 | 16 | 680 | 52 | 5 | 376 | 256 | 105 | 328 |
| Total | 1,471 | 308 | 1,125 | 38 | 118 | 1,271 | 81 | 1 | 1,216 | 233 | 22 | 1,359 | 104 | 8 | 735 | 506 | 230 | 668 |
| Percentage, Shoreditch | 20.9 | 76.5 | 2.6 | 8.0 | 86.4 | 5.6 | - | 82.7 | 15.8 | 1.5 | 92.4 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 34.4 | 15.6 | 45.4 | |
| Percentage, London | 57.8 | 41.8 | 0.4 | 15.1 | 78.6 | 6.3 | - | 97.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 99.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 57.3 | 34.5 | 8.2 | 39.2 | |