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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: The Findings of Medical Inspection.Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

The Findings of Medical Inspection.

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— Entrants1,20021217.6
Second Age Group1,06215114.2
Third Age Group1,01812412.1
Total (Code Groups)3,28048714.8

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Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 853 children were found
to be unclean out of a total number of 28,422 examined (i.e., 3.0
per cent.)

Table: Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

School.Number of Examinations.Number Cautioned.Number Excluded.
Canterbury Road1.633205
Capworth Street2,0026010
Cann Hall Road1,7801410
Church Road2,077396
Cobbold Road722_
Connaught Road1,7163924
Downsell Road2,0413825
Da vies Lane2,2934919
Farmer Road1,495302
Goodall Road1,6355411
Kirkdate Road257__
Lea Bridge Road1703_
Mayville Road2,12111744
Norlington Road1,670167
Newport Road2,8708221
Sybourn Street2.145204
St. Joseph's31020_
Trumpington Road1,219245
Knotts Green and Harrow Green365241
Leyton County High School5518—
Total28,422659194

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Number of individual children found unclean 853
of whom 194
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.