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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
East Ham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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5. FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
The following- comparative table serves to indicate the number
and percentage of children found to be in need of medical or surgical
treatment in the three age groups inspected during the year,
and, although there is a slight decrease in this percentage
as compared with that of the previous year, it will be noticed that
the average remains fairly constant; the probable reason for this
was outlined in the report for 1930.
It will be seen that the new classification of the Board of
Education has been adopted, and that reference is now made to
"Second Age Group" and " Third Age Group