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West Ham 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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(15) Medical Inspection of Special Defective Children at the two
Special Schools and two Deaf Centres.
(16) Medical Inspection of Scholarship Children at the two Higher
Elementary Schools.
(17) Medical Inspection of Pupils, Bursars, and Scholars at the
two Secondary Schools.
(18) Medical Inspection of Junior Technical and Art Classes at
the Municipal College.
(19) Medical Inspection of St. Angela's High School for Girls.
(20) Medical Inspection of Pupils at the West Ham High School
for Girls.
(21) Examination of Referred Pupils from Continuation Schools
and Juvenile Unemployment Centres.
(22) Orthopaedic Treatment. Remedial Clinic in-patient and
out-patient treatment at Orthopaedic Hospitals.
(23) Work in conjunction with N.S.P.C.C., as occasion arises.
(24) Artificial Sunlight Treatment at the Balaam Street Children's
Hospital.
(5) The Findings of Medical Inspection.
(a) UNCLEANLINESS.

The following tables give a brief resume of the work entailed and findings in connection with special duty:—

Number ExaminedOvaOva and PediculiBody PediculiHead and Body PediculiSoresDirtyVisited
540642192666179363412992630

The percentages for head and body vermin are respectively
1.3 per cent. and .4 per cent.
Number of Home Visits 3202
Children Visited at School 8446
Conditions remedied :—
Defective Clothing 252
Unclean Heads 1324
Unclean Bodies 184
Impetigo 5
Other Skin Diseases 44
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