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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
West Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Defectives | 24 | 16 |
| Physical Defectives | 19 | 25 |
| 43 | 41 |
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Unfit for School, M.D. | 4 | 4 |
| Unfit for School, P.D. | 10 | 5 |
| Recommended for Open Air School | 8 | 9 |
| To continue, return or have trial at Elementary School | 34 | 48 |
| Recommended for Deaf Centre | 1 | - |
| *Absentees from Medical Examinations | 1 | 5 |
| Notified to Local Authority (through admission examination) | 6 | 3 |
| 64 | 74 | |
| 138 | ||
* Every absentee is followed up by a special Nurse. Absence is often
due to the fact that the parent objects to any examination being made
in regard to mental defect.
(k) NUTRITION.
There is still a number of badly nourished children in the
Borough. The free meals and the supply of the morning drink
of milk at the schools is coping admirably with the question of
under-nourishment, and although quite common in the earliest
years of medical inspection, really bad cases are now practically
unknown.
Table II. (page 240) shows 414 cases requiring treatment
and 32 cases under observation, giving a percentage of 2.3 for
Routines.
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