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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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OTHER INSPECTIONS
Number of Special Inspections 2,914
Number of re-inspections 956
Total 3,870
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools
by school nurses or other authorised persons 21,232
(b) Total number of Individual pupils found to be infested 107
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing
notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) 4
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing
orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944).
DEFECTS FOUND AT PERIODIC INSPECTIONS TABLE 8
| Defect or Disease | PERIODIC INSPECTIONS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEAVERS | OTHERS | TOTAL | ||||
| (T) | (O) | (T) | (O) | (T) | (O) | |
| Ski n | 20 | 36 | 70 | 66 | 90 | 102 |
| Eyes - a. Vision | 336 | 24 | 637 | 105 | 973 | 129 |
| b. Squint | 6 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 51 | 8 |
| c. Other | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 37 | 25 |
| Ears - a. Hearing | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
| b. Otitis Media | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 23 |
| c. Other | 4 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Nose and Throat | 14 | 20 | 72 | 165 | 86 | 185 |
| Speech | 1 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 29 | 23 |
| Lymphatic Glands | 1 | 8 | 4 | 100 | 5 | 108 |
| Heart | 3 | 15 | 7 | 47 | 10 | 62 |
| Lungs | 3 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 12 | 74 |
| Developmental - | ||||||
| a. Hernia | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| b. Other | 5 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 49 |
| Orthopaedic - | ||||||
| a. Posture | 9 | 21 | 18 | 63 | 27 | 84 |
| b. Feet. | 2 | 16 | 24 | 39 | 26 | 55 |
| c. Other | 19 | 49 | 54 | 77 | 73 | 126 |
| Nervous System - | ||||||
| a. Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| b. Other | – | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 14 |
| Psychological - | ||||||
| a. Development | 6 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 72 | 3 |
| b. Stability | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 15 |
| Abdomen | 1 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 30 |
| Other | 4 | 6 | 52 | 11 | 56 | 17 |
| T - requiring treatment 0 - requiring observation | ||||||