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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Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection
to require treatment (excluding defects of nutrition, un
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— Entrants | 1,177 | 220 | 18.68 |
Second Age Group | 888 | 183 | 20.60 |
Third Age Group | 844 | 206 | 24.40 |
Total (Code Groups) | 2,909 | 609 | 20.93 |
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.
Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.
School. | Number of Examinations. | Number Cautioned. | Number Excluded. |
---|---|---|---|
Canterbury Road | 1,964 | 48 | 10 |
Capworth Street | 1,878 | 90 | 17 |
Cann Hall Road | 695 | 29 | 6 |
Church Road | 1,204 | 39 | 7 |
Connaught Road | 1,217 | 40 | 5 |
Downsell Road | 1,363 | 63 | 19 |
Davies Lane | 2,062 | 75 | 21 |
Farmer Road | 1,471 | 26 | 2 |
Goodall Road | 1,203 | 54 | 14 |
Kirkdale Road | 377 | 7 | 1 |
Lea Bridge Road | 185 | 2 | 1 |
Mayville Road | 1,909 | 197 | 37 |
Norlington Road | 1,955 | 59 | 15 |
Newport Road | 1,823 | 63 | 11 |
Sybourn Street | 1,498 | 27 | 10 |
St. Joseph's | 380 | 11 | 8 |
Trumpington Road | 994 | 38 | 10 |
Knotts Green | 186 | 10 | 5 |
Total | 22,364 | 878 | 199 |
Number of individual children found unclean 1,077
of whom 199
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.