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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
Tottenham 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
TABLE I.- Number of children inspected 1st January to 31st December,1940
| A. - ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS | |
| No. of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:- | |
| Entrants | 747 |
| Second Age Group | 592 |
| Third Age Group | 661 |
| Total | 2,000 |
| No. of other Routine Inspections | 274 |
| Grand Total | 2,274 |
| B. - OTHER INSPECTIONS | |
| No. of Special Inspections & Re-Inspections | 19,346 |
TABLE II.- Classification of the Nutrition of Children during the year in the routine age groups
| Age Groups | Number of Children Inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | c (Slightly Sub-normal | D (Bad) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Entrants | 747 | 106 | 14.1 | 528 | 70. | 99 | 13.2 | 14 | 1.8 |
| Second Age Grp: | 592 | 96 | 16.2 | 410 | 69.0 | 79 | 13.3 | 7 | 1.2 |
| Third Age Group | 661 | 137 | 20.7 | 469 | 70.9 | 54 | 8.2 | 1 | .2 |
| Other Routine Inspections | 274 | 73 | 26.6 | 144 | 52.5 | 49 | 17.8 | 8 | 2.8 |
| Total | 2,274 | 412 | 18.1 | 1,551 | 68.2 | 281 | 12.3 | 30 | 1.3 |
GROUP.I - TREATMENT OF MINOR AILMENTS
(Excluding Uncleanliness)
Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment
during the year under the Authority's scheme 1,171