London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Defect. | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring Treatment | Requiring Obs'vation | Requiring Treatment | Requiring Obs'vation | |
| Skin | 71 | 7 | 808 | _ |
| Eyes. a. Vision | 155 | 19 | 134 | 4 |
| b. Squint | 11 | — | 7 | — |
| c. Other | 51 | 4 | 98 | 4 |
| Ears. a. Hearing | 7 | — | 16 | — |
| b. Otitis Media | 6 | 2 | 20 | — |
| c. Other | 8 | — | 31 | — |
| Nose or Throat | 469 | 397 | 488 | 15 |
| Speech | 5 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Cervical Glands | 1 | — | 11 | — |
| Heart and Circulation | 9 | 4 | — | — |
| Lungs | 32 | 10 | 56 | — |
| Orthopaedic | 14 | 1 | — | — |
| Nervous System | 4 | 12 | 11 | — |
| Other | 389 | 191 | 1,071 | 15 |
| School | Infant | Junior | Secondary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | |
| (a) Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools: | |||||||||
| Altmore | 408 | 108 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Avenue | 208 | 44 | 4 | 117 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Brampton | 258 | — | 1 | 184 | — | 4 | 134 | — | 1 |
| Central Park | 78 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 52 | 1 |
| Cornwell | - | — | - | 165 | 269 | 25 | 171 | 158 | 2 |
| Dersingham | 76 | 36 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex | 128 | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | 143 | 73 | 16 |
| Hartley | 197 | 50 | 2 | 250 | 169 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Kensington | 50 | 24 | — | 147 | 105 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Lathom | — | — | — | 236 | 105 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Monega | 84 | 36 | 6 | — | — | — | 69 | 65 | 7 |
| Napier | 30 | — | 42 | — | — | — | 51 | 94 | 2 |
| Salisbury | — | — | — | 72 | 198 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Sandringham | 45 | 75 | 8 | — | — | — | 76 | 70 | 3 |
| Shaftesbury | 151 | 75 | 14 | 276 | 164 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Storey Street | 24 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| Vicarage | 56 | 58 | 15 | 168 | 132 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 3 |
| Winsor | 20 | 12 | — | 26 | 32 | — | — | — | — |
| Wakefield Central | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 36 | 2 |
| Boys' Grammar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 393 | — | 1 |
| Girls' Grammar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 149 | 73 | 11 |
| Technical School of Building | - | - | - | - | - | - | 162 | 2 | 1 |
| (6) Voluntary Schools (R.C.) Castle Street | 41 | 13 | 2 | 55 | 22 | 2 | - | - | - |
| St. Angela's (West Ham) | — | —. | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — |
| St. Michael's | 75 | 12 | 1 | 52 | 30 | 2 | - | - | - |
| St. Winefride's | 49 | — | — | 41 | — | - | - | - | - |
| Silvertown | 20 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 27 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1,998 | 615 | 119 | 1,824 | 1,279 | 89 | 1,616 | 682 | 50 |
| I.—Periodic inspection. | R.—Re-inspection. | S.—Special inspection. | |||||||