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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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107
The Findings of Medical Inspection.

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

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—
Entrants1,46036124.8
Second Age Group96816517.0
Third Age Group1,06524923.5
Total (Code Groups)3,49377522.2

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Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.—At the special
inspections held by the school nurses, 371 children were found
to be unclean out of a total number of 27,741 examined (i.e., 1.3
per cent.)

Table: Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.

School.Number of Examinations.Number Cautioned.Number Excluded.
Canterbury Road2,586105
Capworth Street1,485291
Cann Hall Road2,35783
Church Road1,94982
Tom Hood369......
Connaught Road1,5074810
Downsell Road2,5761410
Davies Lane2,233181
Farmer Road9922...
Goodall Road1,577222
Lea Bridge Road33721
Mayville Road1,925462
Norlington Road1,1321...
Newport Road2,205529
Sybourn Street2,269161
St. Joseph's369154
Trumpington Road7865...
Knotts Green and Harrow Green466181
Leyton County High School5531...
Occupation Centre684...
Total27,74131952
Number of individual children found unclean 371 of whom 52 were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics.