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The following tables relating to the results of routine medical
inspection of 9,063 elementary school children in Hackney during
1938, 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 and personal cleanliness the condition of Hackney
children compares favourably with that of all London elementary
school children. The second table shows that 98 children up to
14 years of age (1.0 per cent. of the children examined) were found
to be suffering from malnutrition severe enough to require treatment.
There were only 9 cases of rickets (8 not requiring treatment)
among the children examined.