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.
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). | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Entrants | 682 | 64 | 9 | 483 | 71 | 121 | 18 | 14 | 2 |
Second Age Group | 549 | 78 | 14 | 407 | 74 | 64 | 11 | – | – |
Third Age Group | 549 | 48 | 8 | 405 | 74 | 93 | 17 | 3 | 0.5 |
Other Routine Inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 1,780 | 190 | 10 | 1,295 | 73 | 278 | 15 | 17 | 0.9 |
TABLE III.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1940.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).
Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
– | – | – | |
(2) Other | 2 | – | 2 |
Body | 9 | – | 9 |
Scabies | 47 | – | 47 |
Impetigo | 55 | – | 55 |
Other skin diseases | 265 | – | 265 |
113 | – | 113 | |
73 | – | 73 | |
380 | – | 380 | |
Total | 944 | – | 944 |