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East Ham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Age Groups, General Condition, Co-operation of Parents.
TABLE 33.
| Group | Total inspected | Parents present | Requiring treatment | General Condition. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | |||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| I. | 2001 | 1870 | 98.5 | 523 | 26.1 | 901 | 45.0 | 1082 | 54.1 | 18 | 0.9 |
| 11 | 1443 | 1111 | 77.0 | 281 | 12.5 | 259 | 18.0 | 1149 | 79.6 | 35 | 2.4 |
| III | 489 | 86 | 17.6 | 44 | 9.0 | 56 | 11.5 | 428 | 87.5 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Age 7- 8 | 1383 | 1121 | 81.1 | 229 | 16.6 | 251 | 18.2 | 1076 | 77.8 | 56 | 4.0 |
| Age 12-13 | 1349 | 581 | 43.1 | 155 | 11.5 | 230 | 17.1 | 1105 | 81.9 | 14 | 1.0 |
| Totals 1948 | 6665 | 4769 | 71.6 | 1232 | 18.5 | 1697 | 25.5 | 4840 | 72.6 | 128 | 1.9 |
| 1947 | 6033 | 3670 | 60.8 | 1101 | 18.3 | 709 | 11.7 | 5252 | 87.1 | 72 | 1.2 |
| 1946 | 5438 | 3487 | 64.1 | 1158 | 21.3 | 772 | 14.2 | 4436 | 81.6 | 230 | 4.2 |
| 1945 | 3604 | 2178 | 60.4 | 706 | 19.6 | 412 | 12.3 | 2894 | 86.4 | 44 | 1.3 |
| 1944 | 2471 | 1984 | 80.2 | 315 | 11.1 | 301 | 12.2 | 2162 | 87.5 | 8 | 0.3 |
HANDICAPPED PUPILS.
No special schools for the treatment of handicapped pupils
are maintained by the Authority. Arrangements arc made by the
Chief Education Officer with schools outside the area for the
admission of children as recommended.
Under the provisions of Section 34 of the Education Act, 1944,
147 special examinations have been carried out by approved
medical officers, as a result of which, 85 children, ascertained to
be within the various categories, were recommended for special
educational treatment as indicated in the following table:—
TABLE 34.
| Category | Number ascertained | Recommendation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Special School | Boarding Special School | Ordinary School with special treatment | ||
| Blind | ||||
| Partially Sighted | — | — | — | — |
| Deaf | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Partially Deaf | — | — | — | — |
| Delicate | 36 | — | 36 | — |
| Diabetic | — | — | — | — |
| Educationally Sub-normal | 19 | 9 | — | 10 |
| Epileptic | — | — | — | — |
| Maladjusted | — | — | — | — |
| Physically Handicapped | 28 | 3 | 25 | — |
| Suffering from Speech Defect | — | — | — | — |