Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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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— | |||
Entrants | 1,460 | 361 | 24.8 |
Second Age Group | 968 | 165 | 17.0 |
Third Age Group | 1,065 | 249 | 23.5 |
Total (Code Groups) | 3,493 | 775 | 22.2 |
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.)
Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.
School. | Number of Examinations. | Number Cautioned. | Number Excluded. |
---|---|---|---|
Canterbury Road | 2,586 | 10 | 5 |
Capworth Street | 1,485 | 29 | 1 |
Cann Hall Road | 2,357 | 8 | 3 |
Church Road | 1,949 | 8 | 2 |
Tom Hood | 369 | ... | ... |
Connaught Road | 1,507 | 48 | 10 |
Downsell Road | 2,576 | 14 | 10 |
Davies Lane | 2,233 | 18 | 1 |
Farmer Road | 992 | 2 | ... |
Goodall Road | 1,577 | 22 | 2 |
Lea Bridge Road | 337 | 2 | 1 |
Mayville Road | 1,925 | 46 | 2 |
Norlington Road | 1,132 | 1 | ... |
Newport Road | 2,205 | 52 | 9 |
Sybourn Street | 2,269 | 16 | 1 |
St. Joseph's | 369 | 15 | 4 |
Trumpington Road | 786 | 5 | ... |
Knotts Green and Harrow Green | 466 | 18 | 1 |
Leyton County High School | 553 | 1 | ... |
Occupation Centre | 68 | 4 | ... |
Total | 27,741 | 319 | 52 |
Number of individual children found unclean 371 of whom 52 were referred to the Minor Ailments Clinics. |