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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: The Findings of Medical Inspection.Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Insfectior to require treatment (excluding defects of nutrition, uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

The Findings of Medical Inspection.

Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Insfectior to require treatment (excluding defects of nutrition, uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group. (1)Number of ChildrenPercentage ol Children found to require treatment. (4)
Inspected. (2)Found to require treatment. (3)
Code Groups— Entrants77318123.4
Second Age Group1.04117717.0
Third Age Group1,11711810.5
Total (Code Groups)2,93147616.2

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Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 769 children were found
to be unclean out of a total number of 28,117 examined (i.e., 2.7
per cent.)

Table: Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

School.Number of Examinations.Number Cautioned.Number Excluded.
Canterbury Road2,556205
Capworth Street1,138386
Cann Hall Road2,154464
Church Road2,5256921
Cobbold Road490132
Connaught Road1,4569411
Downsell Road2,3475517
Davies Lane3,419721
Farmer Road5302—
Goodall Road1,214224
Kirkdale Road———
Lea Bridge Road17452
Mayville Road2,1053912
Norlington Road1,19151
Newport Road2,7767527
Sybourn Street1,862233
St. Joseph's19611—
Trumpington Road1,05582
Knotts Green and Harrow Green472368
Leyton County High School45773
Total28,117640129

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Number of individual children found unclean 769
of whom 129
were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.