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 | 1,282 | 177 | 13.8 | 801 | 62.5 | 298 | 23.2 | 6 | 0.4 |
Second Age Group | 647 | 119 | 18.4 | 429 | 66.3 | 96 | 14.8 | 3 | 0.4 |
Third Age Group | 759 | 198 | 26.0 | 447 | 58.9 | 112 | 14.7 | 2 | .02 |
Other Routine Inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 2,688 | 494 | 18.3 1,677 | 62.3 | 506 | 18.8 | 11 | 0.4 |
TABLE III.—Return or Defects Treated during the Year ended
31st December, 1944.
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) | |
3 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | — | 4 | |
Body | — | 20 | |
Soabies | 102 | _ | |
Impetigo | 72 | — | 72 |
Other skin diseases | 734 | — | 734 |
248 | 248 | ||
253 | — | 253 | |
769 | 769 | ||
Total | 2,205 | 1 |