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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
Details of the dental work carried out in the Maternity and Child
Welfare centres are shown in the health section of the report.
Two sessions a week are devoted to the cases referred by the
medical officers of the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics. Extractions
of temporary and permanent teeth are done under gas and local
anaesthesia, and fillings inserted wherever possible.
May I thank the medical officers, nurses, and clerical staff for
their co-operation during the past year.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
(as rendered to the Ministry of Education).
TABLE I.
Medical inspection of pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.
| A—Routine Medical Inspections. | |
|---|---|
| (1) Number of Inspections:— | |
| Entrants 2,472. Second age group 1,562. Third age group | 1,404 |
| Total | 5,438 |
| (2) Number of other routine Inspections: | Nil |
| Grand Total | 5,438 |
| B—Other Inspections. | |
| Number of special Inspections and Re-inspections | 14,405 |
TABLE II.
Classification of the nutrition of pupils inspected during the year in the routine age groups.
| Number of Pupils Inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly subnormal) | D (Bad) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | %[ | |
| 5,438 | 772 | 14.2 | 4,436 | 81.6 | 230 | 4.2 | - | - |