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 East Ham]
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SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
TABLE II.
A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31 st December , 1936.
Defect of Disease. (1) | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | ||||||||
Requiring Treatment. (2) | Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. (3) | Requiring Treatment. (4) | Requiring to be kept under obser vation, but not requiring Treatment. (5) | ||||||
Skin | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
(1) Ringworm—Scalp | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(2) „ Body | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(3) Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(4) Impetigo | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
(5) Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total (Heads 1 to 5) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Eye | (6) Blepharitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(7) Conjunctivitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(8) Keratitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(9) Corneal Opacities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(10) Other Conditions (ex cluding Defective Vision and Squint) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Total (Heads 6 to 10) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(11) Defective Vision(ex-cluding Squint) | 17 | 25 | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | — | |
(12) Squint | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Ear | (13) Defective Hearing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(14) Otitis Media | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(15) Other Ear Diseases | — | — | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | |
Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
(17) Adenoids only | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(19) Other Conditions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |