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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENTRANTS IN SHOREDITCH IN 1937
Table No. 90
| Number examined | Clothing and boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of head. | Cleanliness of body. | Teeth. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair | Poor | Excellent | Normal | Slightly Sub-normal | Bad | Clean | Nits | Pediculi | Clean | Dirty | Pediculi | All sound | Less than 4 decayed | 4 or more decayed | For treatment | ||
| Entrants:— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boys | 621 | 115 | 493 | 13 | 53 | 531 | 36 | 1 | 523 | 94 | 4 | 573 | 45 | 3 | 339 | 197 | 85 | 277 |
| Girls | 671 | 130 | 526 | 15 | 62 | 569 | 40 | — | 575 | 88 | 8 | 623 | 45 | 3 | 324 | 256 | 91 | 334 |
| Total | 1,292 | 245 | 1,019 | 28 | 115 | 1,100 | 76 | 1 | 1,098 | 182 | 12 | 1,196 | 90 | 6 | 663 | 453 | 176 | 611 |
| Percentage, Shoreditch | 19.0 | 78.8 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 85.1 | 6.0 | 85.0 | 14.1 | 0.9 | 92.5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 51.3 | 35.1 | 13.6 | 47.3 | ||
| Percentage, London | 58.2 | 41.5 | 0.3 | 15.3 | 78.5 | 6.3 | 98.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 99.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 33.8 | 8.3 | 39.3 | ||