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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Group. | Number of Children. | Percentage of Children found to require treatment. | |
---|---|---|---|
Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Code Groups— Entrants | 682 | 100 | 14.6 |
Second Age Group | 549 | 116 | 21.1 |
Third Age Group | 549 | 90 | 16.4 |
Total (Code Groups) | 1780 | 306 | 17.1 |
Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 664 children were found to be
unclean out of a total number of 9,871 examined (i.e., 6.7 per
cent.).
Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.
School. | Number of Examinations. | Number Cautioned. | Number Excluded. |
---|---|---|---|
Canterbury Road | 393 | 4 | — |
Capworth Street | 754 | 41 | 11 |
Cann Hall Road | 270 | 6 | 2 |
Church Road | 589 | 46 | 8 |
Connaught Road | 527 | 22 | 11 |
Downsell Road | 563 | 61 | 13 |
Da vies Lane | 907 | 27 | 10 |
Farmer Road | 944 | 24 | 11 |
Goodall Road | 873 | 73 | 17 |
Kirkdale Road | 179 | 4 | 1 |
Lea Bridge Road | 59 | 3 | — |
Mayville Road | 1,007 | 75 | 51 |
Norlington Road | 366 | 39 | 8 |
Newport Road | 754 | 24 | 5 |
Ruckholt Road | 65 | 1 | 2 |
Sy bourn Street | 706 | 18 | 3 |
St. Joseph's | 204 | 6 | — |
Trumpington Road | 230 | 4 | — |
Tom Hood | 181 | — | — |
Knotts Green | 300 | 24 | 5 |
Total | 9,871 | 504 | 160 |
Number of individual children found unclean 664
of whom 160
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.