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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE II.Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

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.%
Entrants1,24026221.176461.621016.940.3
Second Age Group1,19128423.977364.813411.3—-
Third Age Group91331334.253959.0596.420.2
Other Routine Inspections---------
Total3,34485925.72,07662.140312.060.2

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TABLE III.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended
31st December, 1946.

Table: TREATMENT TABLE.Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).

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)
Skin— Ringworm—
Scalp—(1) X-ray treatment2—2
(2) Other13—13
Body11—11
Scabies60—60
Impetigo55—55
Other skin diseases674-674
Minor Eye Defects—
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)322_322
Minor Ear Defects428—428
M iscellaneous—
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)1,136—1,136
Total2,701—2,701