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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TABLE II.B. Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

TABLE II.

B. Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

Age Groups.No. of Pupils Inspected.A. Good.B. fair.C. Poor.
No.%No.%No.%
Entrants77313016.856973.6749.5
Second Age Group1,04126925.866864.21049.9
Third Age Group1,11735531.771463.9484.3
Other Routine Inspections— .——————
Total2,93175425.71,95166.62267.7

Table: TABLE III.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1949.TREATMENT TABLE.Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).

TABLE III.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1949.

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.
Skin— Ringworm— Scalp—(1) X-ray treatment—
(2) Other6
Body2
Scabies3
Impetigo24
Other skin diseases416
Minor Eye Defects— (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)454
Minor Ear Defects315
Miscellaneous— (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)1584
Total2804