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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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Table: TABLE II.Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

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.%
Entrants8807085336026530121
Second Age Group465388297631292810.2
Third Age Group72011015478661301820.3
Other Routine Inspections---------
Total2,065218111,3086352425150.7

Table: TABLE III.— Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1941.TREATMENT TABLE.Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).

TABLE III.— Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1941.

TREATMENT TABLE.

Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).

Disease or Defect. (1)Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
Skin— Ringworm—
Scalp—(1) X-ray treatment———
(2) Other———
Body11—11
Scabies83—83
Impetigo84—84
Other skin diseases355—355
Minor Eye Defects—
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)147—147
Minor Ear Defects92—92
Miscellaneous—
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)557—557
Total1,329—1,329