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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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STATISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOLARS WHO WOULD BENEFIT BY ATTENDANCE AT A DAY SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
| Heart defects due to Rheumatism, Chorea, Scarlet Fever, Dip-theria, etc. | Rheumatic Cases | Congenital Heart Defects | Congenital & Infantile Paralysis | Tubercular Cases (Quiescent) | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joints | Glands | Abdominal | Pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | ||||||||||
| 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Asthma Cases | Epilepsy Minor | Crippling (Deformity) due to | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Causes | Rickets | Accident | Disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Total: Girls 75. Boys 71 = 146. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||