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). | I). (Bad). | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Entrants | 1612 | 151 | 9 | 1101 | 68 | 344 | 21 | 16 | 0.9 |
Second Age Group | 677 | 75 | 11 | 435 | 64 | 161 | 24 | 6 | 0.9 |
Third Age Group | 721 | 147 | 20 | 456 | 63 | 116 | 16 | 2 | 0.3 |
Other Routine Inspections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 3,010 | 373 | 12 | 1.992 | 66 | 121 | 21 | 24 | 0.8 |
TABLE III.— Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1942.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Group 1. —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) |
Scalp—(1) X-ray treatment | — | — | — |
(2) Other | 1 | — | 1 |
Body | 10 | — | 10 |
Scabies | 160 | — | 160 |
Impetigo | 94 | — | 94 |
Other skin diseases | 660 | 660 | |
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group 11.) | 255 | __ | 255 |
183 | — | 183 | |
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 622 | — | 622 |
Total | 1,985 | — | 1,985 |