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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The following cases have received convalescent home treatment under these arrangements during the year:—
| Post-tonsillectomy | 11 |
| Debility | 16 |
| Air-raid shock | 1 |
| Nervous debility | 10 |
| Asthma | 3 |
| Post-operative cases | 8 |
| Rheumatic Carditis | 2 |
| Cervical Adenitis | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 23 |
| Otitis Media | 2 |
| Chorea | 2 |
(g) Educationally Subnormal Children.
Twenty-one educationally subnormal children are attending
day special schools and one child is maintained in a special
boarding school.
(f) (h) (i) (k) Other categories of Handicapped Pupils.
One child suffering from epilepsy is maintained at a special
boarding school and two are awaiting admission.
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN,
Up to 1/4/45, the number of children examined for the purposes of the Mental Deficiency Acts was 6 who were classified as :—
| Mentally deficient | 5 |
| Morally deficient | |
| Imbeciles | - |
| Idiots | - |
| Dull and Backward | 1 |
| Recommended for special School Recommended for transfer to Committee for the care of the Mentally Defective | 5 |
Children in respect of whom special examination was carried
out as from 1/4/45 'n accordance with Sec. 57 (1) of the Education
Act, 1944, numbered 25.