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East Ham 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

Published
1941
Pages
14
Tables
17

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17 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    Comparative Statement of Work.
    19561937193819391940
  • Page 3
    The incidence of principal defects requiring treatment or needing to be kept under observation is shown in Table II. 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 specified age groups inspected during the year 194O:-
    Group.Number of Children.x Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
    Inspected.xFound to require Treatment.
    193919401939194019391940
  • Page 4
    Comparative table:-
    Year.Number Examined.Number with Nits.Number with Head Vermin.No. of Exclusion Certificates.
  • Page 7
    Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. Details of the dental work done for the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are shown in the following table:-
    No. of Sessions devoted to treatment.No. of Attendances.No. of Permanent Teeth.No. of Temporary Teeth.
    AdultsChildrenExtractedPilledExtractedPilled
  • Page 7
    Continued from previous page...
    Total No. of ExtractionsTotal No. of FillingsNo. of Administrations of General AnaestheticsNo. of other Operations.
    Permanent Teeth.Temporary Teeth.
  • Page 7
    (i) The Light Clinic. The following table furnishes a brief summary of the cases treated by general and local irradiation throughout the year:-
  • Page 7
    PARTICULARS OP THE NUMBER OP CHILDREN WHO WERE RESIDENT IN SCHOOLS OF RECOVERY BETWEEN 1st JANUARY AND 31st DECEMBER 1940 AND THE PERIODS OP THEIR STAY BETWEEN THOSE TWO DATES.
    SCHOOL.NO. OP MONTHS.totals
    123456789101112
  • Page 9
    l6 such cases have been dealt with by the Society's Inspectors as the result of direct reference from the School Medical Service, during the year 1940. The following table indicates the work performed by the Society:-
    Condition.Number of Cases.Treatment Obtained.Treatment Arranged.Cases under Observation.Moved out of Area.
  • Page 10
    TABLE I. medical inspections of children attending public elementary schools. A - routine medical inspections.
  • Page 10
    TABLE II. CLASSIFICATION OP THE NUTRITION OP CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
    Age-groups.No. of Children InspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly subnormal)D (Bad)
    No.%No.%No.%No.%
  • Page 11
    TABLE IV. TREATMENT TABLES. GROUP I - MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 11
    GROUP II - DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments - Group I)
    No. of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 12
    GROUP III - TREATMENT OP DEFECTS OP NOSE AND THROAT.
    NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of Treatment.Total number treated.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
    (1) __(2)(5)(4)(5)
  • Page 12
    A child may be recorded in more than one category and therefore the total number of children treated will not necessarily be the same as the sum of the figures in the separate categories.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise. (2)Total Number treated (see note above).
    Residential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNon-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinicResidential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNo presidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic
    (i)(ii)(iii)(i)(ii)(iii)
  • Page 12
    TABLE V - DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
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    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 13
    TABLE VI - UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.