London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
This page requires JavaScript
112
PROVISION OF MEALS.
The number of individual children fed under the Authority's arrangements during 1950 was:—
| Dinners. | Milk Meals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 614 | 10,974 |
| For payment | 5,137 | — |
| Totals | 5,751 | 10,974 |
| Number of meals supplied:— | ||
| Dinners. | Milk Meals. | |
| Free | 102,062 | 2,058,955 |
| For payment | 908,134 | — |
| Totals | 1,010,196 | 2,055,955 |
1. Children at present Undergoing Treatment—
| Diagnosis of Defects— | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stammering | 42 | 8 | 50 |
| Dyslalia | 47 | 27 | 74 |
| Alalia | 1 | — | 1 |
| Lisp | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Deafness | 2 | — | 2 |
| Cleft palate | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Disarthria | — | 1 | 1 |
| Excessive nasality | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 105 | 40 | 145 |