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 West Ham]
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Wards. | Births | Birth Rate | Deaths . | Death Rate | Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | Na/tural increase Births over Deaths | Estimated resident population middle of 1931 |
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Under 1 year | 1 year & upwards |
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Causes of Death. | Sex | All Ages | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
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Year. | Population. | Births. | Birth Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Infant Deaths. | Infant Mortality Rate. |
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NAME | QUALIFICATIONS | OFFICES HELD (Wholetime appointments except where otherwise stated) |
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NAME | QUALIFICATIONS | (Wholetime appointments except where otherwise stated) |
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NAME | QUALIFICATIONS | OFFICES HELD (Wholetime appointments except where otherwise stated) |
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NAME | QUALIFICATIONS | OFFICES HELD (Wholetime appointments except where otherwise stated) |
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NAME | QUALIFICATIONS | OFFICES HELD (Wholetime appointments except where otherwise stated) |
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Matron : | Chief Steward : | Clerks : |
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Class of Shop. | Visited. | No half-holiday form exhibited. | Warned verbally. | Warning Notice sent. | Refused to serve. | Summonses attended. |
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Nature of Offensive Trade. | No. of Premises licenced for. |
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Ward | Inspections | Notices served in respect of |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in rcspect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
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Found. | Referred Remedied, to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Nature of Work | Instances | Notices served | Prosecutions |
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Articles | Analysed | Genuine | Adulterated | |||
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Official | Unofficial | Official | Unofficial | Official | Unofficial |
Articles | Analysed | Genuine | Adulterated | |||
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Official | Unofficial | Official | Unofficial | Official | Unofficial |
Class of Animals. | Number Inspected | Affected with T.B. | Affected with other Diseases. | ||
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No. | Percentage. | No. | Percentage |
Disease or Condition. | Entire Carcases and Viscera | Heads. | Tongues. | Forequarters. | Shins. | Clods. | Stickings. | Chucks. | Briskets. | Ribs. | Flanks. | Loins. | Rumps. | Hearts. | Lungs. | Diaphragms. | Stomachs. | Omenta. | Intestines. | Mesenteries. | Livers. | Pancreas. | Spleens. | Kidnevs | Kidney Knobs. | Mammary Glands. | Top Pieces. |
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Disease or Condition. | Entire Carcases and Viscera. | Heads and Collars. | Hands and Springs. | Spare Ribs and Blade Bones. | Bellies. | Loins. | Legs. | Hearts. | Lungs. | Stomachs. | Intestines. | Mesenteries. | Livers. | Spleens. | Kidneys. | Omenta |
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Disease or Condition. | Kidneys | Entire Carcases and Viscera. | Churrps. | Lungs. | Legs. | Breasts. | Livers | Omenta |
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Class of Animals | No. of Animals affected with T.B. | Cervical Vertebrae | Dorsal Vertebrae | Adrenal Bodies. | Kidneys. (Substance) | Mammary Glands | Pleura | Peritoneum. | Hearts. | Lungs. | Livers. | Pancreas | Stomachs | Omenta. | Spleens. | Intestines. | Mesenteries (Surface). | Uteri & Ovaries. | Testicles & Penis | ||||||||||
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Pericardium | Epicardium. | Myocardium. | Endocardium. | Pleura. | Parenchyma. | Capsule. | Substance. | Capsule. | Substance. | Outer Surface. | Inner Surface. | Capsule. | Substance. | Outer Surface. | Inner Surface. | Capsule. | Inner Surface or Substance. |
Class of Animals | No. of Animals affected with T.B. | Sub-Maxillary. | Retro-Pharyngeal | Parotid. | Atlantal | Pre-Scapula. | Pre-Pectoral. | Pre-Sternal. | Supra-Sternal. | Sub-Dorsal. | Renal. | Lumbar. | Iliacs. | Pre-Crural. | Supra-Mammary or Sup-Inguinal. | Ischiatic | Popliteal. | Xiphoid. | Bronchial. | Anterior Mediastinal. | Posterior Mediastinal. | Gastric. | Splenic. | Hepatic. | Pancreatic. | Mesenteric. |
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Article | No. of Samples taken | Analysis agrees | Analysis disagrees |
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Article | No. of Samples taken | Analysis agrees | Analysis disagrees |
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Diseases. | Cases Notified. | Removed to Hospital | Total Deatns. |
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Year | Scarlet | Fever Whooping Cough | Measles |
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Disease | North | South | Totals |
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Week Ending 1931 | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Fever | Small Pox | Typhus Fever | Cerebro Spinal Fever | Acute Poliomyelitis | Acute Polio Encephalitis | Encephalitis Lethargica | Erysipelas | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Malaria | Uysentery | Trench Fever | Relapsing Fever | Continued Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | ||
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Respiratory | Other Forms |
1931 | Admissions. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Typhoid Fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Other Diseases. | Total. |
Year | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Measles. | Pneumonia. | Whooping Cough. | Erysipelas. | Other Diseases. | Total | |||||||||
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Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. | Ad. | D. |
Number sent by medical practitioners:— | Positive Results |
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Number of Gate cases swabbed:— | Positive Results. |
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Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Year | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
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Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Name of Institution. | For Pulmonary Cases. | For Non-Pulmonary Cases. | |||
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Adults | Children under 15 | Adults | Children under 15 | Total |
In Institutions on Jan. 1st. | Admitted during the year. | Discharged during the year. | Died in tilt Institutions. | In Institu-tions on Dec. 31st. |
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In Institutions on Jan. 1st. | Admitted (luring the year. | Discharged (during the year. | Died in the Institutions. | In Institutions on Dec. 31st. |
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Diagnosis on discharge from observation. | For Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | For Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||||||||
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Stay under 4 weeks. | St ay over 4 weeks. | Stay under 4 weeks. | Stay over 4 weeks. | Totals. | |||||||||||
M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. | M. | F.. | Ch. | M. | F. | Ch. |
Classification on admission to the Institution. | Duration of Residential Treatment in the Institution. | |||||||||||||||
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Condition at time of discharge | Under 3 months | 3—6 months | 6—12 months | More than 12 months | Totals | Grant Total |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total(Class T.B. plus) | |||
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Group | Group | Group | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total(Class T.B. plus) | ||||
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Group | Group Group | ||||||
1 | 2 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total(Class T.B.plus) | |||
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Group | Group | Group | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total(Class T.B. plus) | ||||
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Group | Group | Group | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total (Class T.B. plus) | |||
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Group | Group | Group | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total (Class T.B. plus) | ||||
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Group | Group Group | ||||||
1 | 2 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Total (Class T.B. plus) | |||
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Group | Group | Group | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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Condition at the time oft he last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates | Bones and Joints | Abdominal | Other Organs | Peripheral Glands | Totals |
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T.B. Minus | T.B. plus | T.B. plus | T.B. plus | Total | |
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Grade I. | Grade 11. | Grade III. |
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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T.B. Minus | T.B. plus Grade I. | T.B. plus Grade II. | T.B. plus Grade III. | Total |
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Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug, | . Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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London. | Middlesex. | Essex. | Surrey. | Kent. | Herts. | Bucks | East Ham. | West Ham. | Croydon. | Total. | Other Places. | Grand Total. |
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Year. | New Cases. | Total Venereal Cases. | Total Non-Venereal Cases. | Total Attendances | In-patient days. | Pathological Examinations for | ||||||||||
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Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhoea. | ||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Clinic. | Practitioners. |
Hospital. | New Cases. | No. of Persons. | Total attendances. | No. of Inpatient days. | Sal. Subs. doses given. | Pathological Examinations. | Total. | ||||||||||||
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Syp. | S.C. | Gon. | Not V.D. | Total. | Ceased to attend. | Discharged | Spiro. | Gon. | Wass. | Others. | |||||||||
(a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) |
Area. | No. of Patients. | Aggregate No. of days in residence. | Percentage (days). |
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Age period. | Minimum number of visits per year |
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First Visits. | Total Visits. |
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Not. Visited | Completely Breast fed | Partially Breast fed | Complete Artificial Feeding |
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Address Where Held. | Number of Sessions held weekly (excluding Dental Sessions) | Day and Time of Meeting. | Average per Session. | Arrangements for Medical Supervision. | |||
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Centre Attendances. | Medical Consultations. | ||||||
Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. |
Year 1920— 18,247 | packets: | 8 tons | 3 cwts. |
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PREGNANCY— | PUERPERIUM— |
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Maternity Hospitals. | West Ham Residents | |||
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No. of beds | No. of cases admitted | No. Confined | No. of weeks spent |
West Ham Residents | |||
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No. of beds | No. of cases admittod | No. of weeks spent |
Nursing Home (including Maternity Cases) | Maternity Home only |
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Children |
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Case | Onset | Where treated | Result | |
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Hospital where born | Special Eye Hospital |
Case No. | Para. | Ante-natal supervision. | No ante-natal supervision. | Delivered. | Died. | Abortion. | Labour. | Certified Cause of Death. | |||||
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Hospital . | Clinic. | Private Doctor | Midwife. | Home. | Hospital. | Home | Hospital. |
Case No. | Para. | Ante-natal supervision. | No ante-natal supervision. | Delivered. | Died. | Abortion. | Labour. | Certified Cause of Death. | |||||
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Hospital. | Clinic. | Private Doctor | Midwife. | Home. | Hospital. | Home | Hospital. |
Cause | 1931 | 1930 | 1929 | 1928 | 1927 |
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Cause | 1-2 years | 2-5 years |
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Number of Men. | Number of Women. | Number of Children. |
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MEN | WOMEN | C11II.DKEN | Total | |||||||
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Acute | Sub-acute | Ch ronic | Acute | Su b-acutc | Chronic | Acute | Su b-acute | Chronic |
MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
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Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic |
MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
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Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic |
MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
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Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic |
Number Examined | Ova | Ova and Pediculi | Body Pediculi | Head and Body | Dirty | |
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Pediculi | Sores |
Boys | Girls |
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Boys | Girls |
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Age Bovs | 1927. | 1931. | ||
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Number Examined | Average Height in inches. | Number Examined | Average Height in inches. |
New Cases Admitted | Total Attendance | Total Discharged |
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Breakfast. | Lunch. | ¡õ inner. | Tea. | Supper. |
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Breakfasts | Dinners |
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Boys | Girls |
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School | Boys | Girls | Infants |
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Mentally Defective | Physically Defective |
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Mentally Defective | Physically Defective |
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Month | Boys examined | Girls examined | Total | Pa rents present | Number Defective | Percentage of Defects |
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BOYS. | GIRLS. |
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1931. | 1930. | 1929. | ||||
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Holiday Period | No. of days in operation | Number carried | No. of days in operation | Number carried | No. of days in operation | Number carried |
Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections | ||
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No. of Defects | No. of Defects | |||
Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept <???> observation, bat cot requiring treatment | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Dcfcct or Disease. | Routine Inspections | Special Inspections | ||
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No. of Defects | No. of Defects | |||
Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept undor observation, but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Group | Number of Children | Percentage of Children found to require treatment | |
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Inspected | Found to require treatment | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Children suffering from the following types of Multiple Defect, i.e., any combination of Total Blindness, Total Deafness, Mental Defect, Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling (as defined ir penultimate category of the Table), or Heart Disease | Boys. 3 | Girls. 5 | Total. 8 |
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Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
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Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Defect or Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
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Under the Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | ||
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Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |