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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 1,068 children were found
to be unclean out of a total number of 12,746 examined (i.e., 8.3
per cent.
Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.
| School. | Number of Examinations. | Number Cautioned. | Number Excluded. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 1 | |||
| — | |||
| — | — | _ | |
| 1 | — | ||
Number of individual children found unclean 1068
of whom 174
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.