London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

East Ham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Table II.—( continued).

Table II.—( continued).

(1)(2)(3)4)(5)
Defective Speech2163981
Teeth—Dental Diseases (see note a) (see Table IV., Group IV.)4733410411
Heart and Circulation.'Heart Disease : Organic1629
Functional—554
Anaemia13951—
Lungs -Bronchitis750673
Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases15735512
TuberculosisPulmonary : Definite!12
Suspected—224
Non-Pulmonary: Glands321
Spine—1——
Hip221—
Other Bones and Joints .——1—
Skin————
Other Forms—713
Nervous SystemEpilepsy25610
Chorea48228
Other conditions6184425
DeformitiesRickets—1——
Spinal Curvature885_
Other Forms7212116
Other Defects and Diseases6010788282

Table: B.—Number of Individual Children (see note b)found atRoutineMedical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

B.—Number of Individual Children (see note b)found atRoutineMedical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

GROUP. (1)Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require Treatment (see note d). (4)
Inspected (see note c). (2)Found to require Treatment. (3)
Code Groups :— Entrants24682449.9
Intermediates129513310.3
Leavers27171806.6
Total (Code Groups)64805578.6
Other Routine Inspections75711014.5