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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APPENDIX TO REPORT
ON SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOLS
TABLE I.
Return of Medical Inspection
A. Routine medical inspection: | |
---|---|
Code Group | No. Examined |
Entrants | 2,914 |
Second age group | 1,786 |
Third age group1 | 1,656 |
Total | 6,356 |
Other routine inspections | 407 |
Grand total | 6,763 |
B. Other inspections: | |
Number of special inspections and re-inspections | 13,441 |
* Excluding Grammar Schools, which are shown in separate
Table on page 93.
TABLE II.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups
Number of children inspected | A. (Excellent) | B. (Normal) | c. (Slightly subnormal) | D. (Bad) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
6,356 | 1510 | 23.76 | 3939 | 61.97 | 907 | 14.27 | — | — |
TABLE III.
Defects Treated under the Authority's Scheme
Group 1. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness): | |
Total number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme | 7,753 |
Group 2. Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor eye defects): | |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 996 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding minor eye defects) | — |
Total | 996 |