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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
This page requires JavaScript
135
(k) Nutrition.
Children found at the routine medical inspection to be suffering
from malnutrition, in any degree, numbered 124, or approximately
2.8 per cent. of the children inspected (See Table 11B).
These scholars have been kept under periodical supervision,
and treatment has been afforded by the provision of school meals,
milk, medicinal foods, advice in regard to diet, or admission to
Convalescent Homes or Schools of Recovery. The Public Assistance
Committee and the Unemployment Assistance Board have
rendered valuable help in providing additional nourishment in
many of these cases.
6. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A detailed account of the scheme adopted for the detection
and prevention of infectious diseases has been submitted in
previous reports, and the accompanying table furnishes statistics
in regard to the incidence of the acute infectious diseases during
the year 1938.
Certificates were issued, under Article 23 (b), where school attendance dropped below 60 per cent. of the number on the register, as follows:—
| School | Month | Disease |
|---|---|---|
| Brampton | February | Measles & Chicken Pox |
| Brampton | December | Whooping Cough |
| Winsor | May | Chicken Pox |
| Sandringham | March | Measles & Whooping Cough |
| Hartley | March | Measles |
| Shaftesbury | March | Measles & Chicken Pox |
| Napier | February | Measles |
| Monega | February | Measles |
| Vicarage | February | Measles |
Dipthheria Detection and Prevention.
The bacteriological examination of swabs from the throats
and noses of school children is carried out:—