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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Rheumatism and Malnutrition | 5 | ||
| Loss of Weight | — | 1 | |
| Nervous Debility | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis | — | 1 | — |
| Rheumatism | 5 | 6 | — |
| Rickets | 1 | — | 1 |
| Rachitis | 1 | — | .— |
| Sinus of Face | — | 1 | — |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | — | — |
| 189 | 199 | 168 | |
| Number of Children Treated (General) | 529 | ||
| Number of Children Treated (Local) | 27 | ||
| Number of Attendances (General) | 11061 | ||
| Number of Attendances (Local) | 733 | ||
| Total Number of Attendances (Local and General) | 11794 | ||
9. OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
(a) Playground Classes.
In a few cases playground classes continue to be held
occasionally.
(b) School Camps.
The Camp School was held from 4th to 18th June at the
Hopton Constitutional Holiday Camp. Seventy-four boys and
seventy girls from Elementary Schools in the Borough attended.
Every step was taken to make the facility known to and available
for the children who were in the greatest need. No child
was accepted who was likely to have a holiday away from home
during the summer, and no child was excluded solely by the
parents' inability to contribute the whole or part of the cost of
maintenance.
Cases referred by the School Medical Department received
special consideration.
It is interesting to note that the Education Authority have
under consideration the purchase of a site for a Permanent Camp