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The following tables relating to the results of routine medical
inspection of 9,992 elementary school children in Hackney during
1936, kindly supplied by the School Medical Officer of the London
County Council, give an indication of the influence of unemployment
upon the health and physique of the residents of the Borough.
It will be seen from the first of these tables that as regards
nutrition, clothing and boots and personal cleanliness the condition
of Hackney children compares favourably with that of all London
elementary school children. The second table shows that 193
children up to 14 years of age (1.9 per cent. of the children
examined) were found to be suffering from malnutrition severe
enough to require treatment. There were only 11 cases of rickets
(8 not requiring treatment) among the children examined.