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, Uncleanliness 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 | 1,240 | 269 | 21.69 |
Second Age Group | 1,191 | 305 | 25.61 |
Third Age Group | 913 | 189 | 20.70 |
Total (Code Groups) | 3,344 | 763 | 22.82 |
Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 741 children were found
to be unclean out of a total number of 21,134 examined (i.e., 3.5
per cent.)
Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.
School. | Number of Examinations. | Number Cautioned. | Number Exoluded. |
---|---|---|---|
Canterbury Road | 1,661 | 39 | 5 |
Capworth Street | 1,713 | 48 | 15 |
Cann Hall Road | 1,368 | 14 | - |
Church Road | 1,064 | 26 | 1 |
Connaught Road | 1,165 | 27 | 2 |
Downsell Road | 1,754 | 45 | 24 |
Davies Lane | 1,310 | 35 | 8 |
Farmer Road | 1.226 | 33 | 9 |
Goodall Road | 1,384 | 52 | 15 |
Kirkdale Road | 365 | 9 | 2 |
Lea Bridge Road | 115 | 3 | - |
Mayville Road | 1,936 | 142 | 25 |
Norlington Road | 1,281 | 29 | 15 |
Newport Road | 2,252 | 67 | 9 |
Sybourn Street | 1,227 | 17 | 1 |
St. Joseph's | 257 | 5 | 5 |
Trumpington Road | 827 | 3 | - |
Knotts Green | 144 | 10 | 1 |
Ley ton County High School | 85 | — | — |
Total | 21,134 | 604 | 137 |
Number of individual children found unclean 741
of whom 137
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.