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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TABLE II—B.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
Age Groups. | No. of Children Inspected. | A. (Excellent). | B. (Normal). | C. (Slightly Subnormal). | D. (Bad). | ||||
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No. | % | No. | 0/ /o | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Entrants | 1,660 | 245 | 14.7 | 1,030 | 62.0 | 363 | 21.9 | 22 | 1.3 |
Second Age Group | 1,223 | 190 | 15.5 | 770 | 62.9 | 252 | 20.6 | 11 | 0.9 |
Third Age Group | 1,200 | 318 | 26.5 | 702 | 58.5 | 178 | 14.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
Other Routine Inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 4,083 | 753 | 18.4 | 2,502 | 61.2 | 793 | 19.3 | 35 | 0.9 |
TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. BLIND CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||
PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | ||||||
— | 17 | — | — | — | 17 | ||||||
DEAF CHILDREN. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||||
14 | — | — | 1 | 15 | |||||||
PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | ||||||
— | 3 | – | — | – | 3 | ||||||
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-minded Children. | |||||||||||
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||||
70 | – | 5 | – | 75 |