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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
Leyton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
| Age Group. | Number of Children Inspected. | A (Excellent). | B (Normal). | C (Slightly subnormal). | 1) (Had). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Per cent. | Number. | Per cent. | Number. | Per cent. | Num. ber. | Per cent. | ||
| Entrants | 1,571 | 196 | 12.5 | 1,161 | 74.0 | 200 | 12.7 | 13 | 0.8 |
| Second Age Group. | 1,425 | 183 | 12.8 | 1,044 | 73.2 | 190 | 13.3 | 8 | 0.5 |
| Third Age Group | 1,509 | 304 | 20.1 | 1.076 | 71.3 | 125 | 8.2 | 4 | 0.3 |
| Other routine inspections | 617 | 71 | 11.5 | 460 | 74.5 | 76 | 12.3 | 10 | 1.6 |
| Total | 5,122 | 754 | 14.7 | 3,742 | 73.0 | 591 | 11.5 | 35 | 0.7 |
PERCENTAGE INCIDENCE OF DEFECTS IN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
| School. | Entrants. | Second Age Group. | Third Age Group. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | |
| Caim Hall | 22.09 | 19.73 | 19.00 | 20.58 | 25.38 | 21.42 | 28.57 | 23.18 | 6.89 | 15.38 | 18.58 | 25.88 |
| Canterbury | 22.50 | 25.50 | 29.62 | 24.11 | 25.92 | 10.00 | 17.64 | 17.51 | 23.75 | 28.07 | 13.68 | 20.95 |
| Capworth | 30.72 | 21.60 | 22.40 | 31.25 | 30.50 | 14.76 | 27.43 | 29.13 | 15.21 | 25.17 | 37.34 | 12.90 |
| Church | 21.49 | 13.15 | 12.62 | 19.73 | 23.07 | 16.00 | 28.16 | 3 1 :88 | 18.47 | 25.40 | 28.69 | 13.41 |
| Connaugh | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32.50 | 16.86 | 16.27 | 19.81 | 27.02 | 10.52 |
| Dav ics Lane | 29.00 | 18.69 | 15.90 | 13.08 | 17.77 | 12.71 | 11.95 | 21.50 | 16.48 | 21.05 | 29.80 | 11.76 |
| Downsell | 28.84 | 14.67 | 22.00 | 15.78 | 16.85 | 16.66 | 20.90 | 32.07 | 21.95 | 21.53 | 24.03 | 10.97 |
| Farmer | 17.92 | 29.29 | 14.03 | 25.21 | 28.45 | 12.14 | 39.42 | 35.71 | 26.66 | 23.13 | 25.23 | 12.79 |
| Goodall | 26.31 | 9.91 | 14.06 | 14.17 | 18.51 | 22.07 | 25.86 | 35.23 | 13.92 | 18.75 | 23.45 | 19.56 |
| Harrow Green | 9.25 | 15.00 | - | - | 29.78 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Kirkdale | 21.87 | 10.00 | 17.94 | 27.39 | 35.63 | 15.78 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lea Bridge | 22.22 | 20.45 | 15.21 | 25.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mayville | 21.89 | 17.52 | 24.00 | 23.80 | 31.57 | 18.68 | 24.00 | 22.97 | 21.68 | 28.18 | 28.71 | 14.00 |
| Newport | 29.36 | 22.00 | 15.00 | 20.86 | 39.09 | 17.33 | 20.28 | 19.23 | 12.04 | 8.84 | 6.97 | 15.59 |
| Norlington | 26.31 | 16.66 | 11.58 | 17.19 | 31.88 | 26.05 | 24.40 | 20.00 | 16.45 | 13.00 | 21.15 | 11.59 |
| Ruckholt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21.25 | 16.29 | 16.66 | 14.17 |
| Sybourne | 27.35 | 17.88 | 18.89 | 17.11 | 31.45 | 26.85 | 24.57 | 21.31 | 23.37 | 15.92 | 25.21 | 21.27 |
| St. Josephs | 19.04 | 31.42 | 15.38 | 17.24 | 20.68 | 37.50 | 42.85 | 11.53 | 9.09 | 11.90 | 9.37 | 25.00 |
| Trumpington | 19.54 | 13.51 | 18.18 | 16.47 | 28.12 | 18.18 | 25.55 | 13.72 | 1 1.59 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 25.33 |
| Tom Hood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21.76 | 21.95 | 21.09 | 13.39 |