Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
of the
LEYTON EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Fourth Annual Report as
your School Medical Officer.
It is pleasing to be able to state that Dr. Kirkhope reports an
all-round general improvement in the standard of cleanliness among
the scholars attending the Schools.
Ringworm also shows a satisfactory decrease.
The Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education having
intimated in his Annual Report that the Board will look for a
section in the Report of each School Medical Officer dealing with
the working of the Provision of Meals Act in areas where that Act
has been adopted, I have referred to this matter, and have given
my views on the problem so far as it concerns Leyton.
It is satisfactory to be able to report that an appreciable
number of parents have found the means to remedy the defects in