[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham] page 59

East Ham 1944

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

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59
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The following is a synopsis of School Medical Work for the year
1944, as compared with previous statistics.

Table: COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF WORK.

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF WORK.

	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944
Routine and Special Inspection (on school premises):—
Secondary	Nil	224	442	815	46
Elementary	3,888	5,526	3,803	4,453	2,844
Re-Inspection	1,254	2,852	3,400	2,795	1,368
Consultations at Inspection Clinic	1,047	2,765	10,786	12,378	10,574
Number of Treatments at Clinic	639	3,425	11,746	9,757	8,935
General Cleanliness Visits to Schools	92	110	175	276	227
Nurses' Visits to Homes	390	4,680	3,781	4,124	2,955
Children examined for cleanliness	10,503	12,107	15,769	28,427	22,573

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FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
There are no outstanding features to report in regard to the
findings of medical inspections, but war-time conditions and rationing
do not appear to have affected the physical or nervous condition of the
children to any appreciable extent and the general health of the
scholars examined is satisfactory.
The general maintenance of good health may be ascribed, in no
small measure, to the scheme for the provision of milk in school, the
improvement in arrangements for the supply of school meals, and the
resumption of regular physical training, gymnastics and games.

Table: The following comparative table serves to indicate the number and percentage of children found to be in need of medical or surgical treatment in those scholars inspected during the year 1944.

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The following comparative table serves to indicate the number and percentage of children found to be in need of medical or surgical treatment in those scholars inspected during the year 1944.

Number of Children				*Percentage of Children found to require treatment
Inspected.		*Found to require treatment		*Percentage of Children found to require treatment
1943	1944	1943	1944	1943	1944
4,453	2,844	617	315	13.8	11.07

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* Excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases.

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Table: COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF WORK.

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Table: The following comparative table serves to indicate the number and percentage of children found to be in need of medical or surgical treatment in those scholars inspected during the year 1944.

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