[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham] page 108

East Ham 1952

[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

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CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS
INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS

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TABLE 49

Age Groups	Number of Pupils Inspected	A (Good)		B (Fair)		C (Poor)
Age Groups	Number of Pupils Inspected	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