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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: The Findings of Medical Inspection.Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspectionto require treatment (excluding defects of nutrition, un Cleanlinessand Dental Diseases).

The Findings of Medical Inspection.

Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection

to require treatment (excluding defects of nutrition, un Cleanliness

and Dental Diseases).

Group.Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment.
Inspected.Found to require treatment.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Code Groups— Entrants1,17722018.68
Second Age Group88818320.60
Third Age Group84420624.40
Total (Code Groups)2,90960920.93

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Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 1,077 children were found
to be unclean out of a total number of 22,364 examined (i.e., 4.8
per cent.

Table: Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

School.Number of Examinations.Number Cautioned.Number Excluded.
Canterbury Road1,9644810
Capworth Street1,8789017
Cann Hall Road695296
Church Road1,204397
Connaught Road1,217405
Downsell Road1,3636319
Davies Lane2,0627521
Farmer Road1,471262
Goodall Road1,2035414
Kirkdale Road37771
Lea Bridge Road18521
Mayville Road1,90919737
Norlington Road1,9555915
Newport Road1,8236311
Sybourn Street1,4982710
St. Joseph's380118
Trumpington Road9943810
Knotts Green186105
Total22,364878199

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Number of individual children found unclean 1,077
of whom 199
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.