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). | D. (Bad). | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Entrants | 1,177 | 144 | 11 | 733 | 62 | 291 | 24 | 9 | 0.7 |
Second Age Group | 888 | 136 | 15 | 613 | 69 | 134 | 15 | 5 | 0.5 |
Third Age Group | 844 | 153 | 18 | 524 | 62 | 162 | 19 | 5 | 0.5 |
Other Routine Inspections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 2,909 | 433 | 1,870 | 64 | 587 | 20 | 19 | 0.7 |
TABLE III.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1943.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Group I.—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 | 1 | — | 1 |
(2)Other | 2 | — | 2 |
Body | 13 | — | 13 |
Scabies | 140 | — | 140 |
Impetigo | 111 | — | 111 |
Other skin diseases | 778 | — | 778 |
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 259 | — | 259 |
288 | — | 288 | |
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 999 | — | 999 |
Total | 2,591 | — | 2,591 |