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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RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED
31ST DECEMBER, 1952
TABLE 48
Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of defects | NO. of defects | |||
Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment | |
Ski11 | 90 | 32 | 171 | 44 |
Eyes- a. Vision | 549 | 94 | 601 | 76 |
b. Squint | 109 | 20 | 129 | 27 |
c. Other | 40 | 24 | 150 | 27 |
Ears- a. Hearing | 21 | 15 | 48 | 14 |
b. Otitis Media | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
c. Other | 46 | 11 | 97 | 26 |
Nose or Throat | 270 | 487 | 530 | 353 |
Speech | 26 | 58 | 54 | 57 |
Cervical Glands | 9 | 138 | 14 | 73 |
Heart and Circulation | 12 | 41 | 21 | 33 |
Lungs | 35 | 62 | 19 | 31 |
Developmental- | ||||
a. Hernia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
b. Other | 17 | 37 | 11 | 9 |
Orthopaedic- | ||||
a. Posture | 56 | 45 | 35 | 48 |
b. Flat Foot | 75 | 53 | 101 | 43 |
c. Other | 117 | 138 | 105 | 111 |
Nervous system- | ||||
a. Epilepsy | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
b. Other | 17 | 38 | 32 | 20 |
Psychological- | ||||
a. Development | 13 | 17 | 2 | 17 |
b. Stability | 18 | 14 | 40 | 9 |
Other | 173 | 165 | 1067 | 184 |
CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS
INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS
TABLE 49
Age Groups | Number of Pupils Inspected | A (Good) | B (Fair) | C (Poor) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | NO. | % | ||
Entrants | 2,202 | 1,703 | 77.3 | 492 | 22.4 | 7 | 0.3 |
Second age group | 1,206 | 868 | 72.0 | 329 | 27.3 | 9 | 0.7 |
Third age group | 1,284 | 975 | 75.9 | 301 | 23.5 | 8 | O.6 |
Other Periodic Inspections | 2,551 | 1,926 | 75.5 | 621 | 24.3 | 4 | 0.2 |
Totals | 7,243 | 5,472 | 75.6 | 1,743 | 24.1 | 28 | 0.3 |