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
West Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Boys | Girls | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Physically Defective | Infectious pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. | (1) At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Sch'ls approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| (2) At other Institutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (3) At no School or Institutions | 33 | 52 | 85 | ||
| Non-infectious but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. | (4) At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Sch'ls approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | .. | .. | .. | |
| (5) At Certified Residential Open-air Schools | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| (6) At Certified Day Open-air Schools | .. | .. | .. | ||
| (7) At Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (8) At other Institutions | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
| (9) At no School or Institution | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Delicate children (e.g.. pre- or latent tuberculosis, malnutrition, debility, anaemia, etc.). | (10) At Certified Residential Open-air Schools | 73 | 14 | 87 | |
| (11) At Certified Day Open-air Schools | 18 | 66 | 84 | ||
| (12) At Public Elementary Schools | 19 | 5 | 24 | ||
| (13) At other Institutions | 3 | 15 | 18 | ||
| (14) At no School or Institution | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| Active non-pul-monary tuberculosis. | (15) At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| (16) At Public Elementary Schools | .. | .. | .. | ||
| (17) At other Institutions | 11 | 3 | 14 | ||
| (18) At no School or Institution | •21 | 9 | 30 | ||
| Crippled children (other than those with active tuberculous disease), e.g., children suffering from paralysis, etc., and including those with severe heart disease. | (19) At Certified Hospital Schools | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| (20) At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | .. | .. | .. | ||
| (21) At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 95 | 67 | 162 | ||
| (22) At Public Elementary Schools | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| (23) At other Institutions | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| (24) At no School or Institution | 37 | 37 | 74 |
N.B.—This Table is not a full census of defects in the child population of
the Borough, but only of defects of such a degree as in the opinion of the Medical
Officers to disqualify the child from education in the Elementary Schools. (This
note, however, does not apply to Epilepsy of a slight degree.)