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 West Ham]
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TABLE II. — (Continued)
Disease or Defect | Routine 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 | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Tuberculosis— | ||||
Pulmonary : | ||||
Definite | 11 | 7 | 27 | 33 |
Suspected | 38 | 66 | 24 | 39 |
Non-Pulmonary : | ||||
Glands | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
Hip | 1 | 1 | 4 | — |
Other Bones and Joints | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
Skin | — | 3 | _ | _ |
Spine | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Other Forms | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Nervous System— | ||||
Epilepsy | 10 | 11 | 23 | 12 |
Chorea | 17 | 7 | 24 | 1 |
Other Conditions | 28 | 34 | 36 | 20 |
Deformities— | ||||
Rickets | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
Spinal Curvature | 20 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Other Forms | 39 | 20 | 31 | 17 |
Other Defects and Diseases | 331 | 100 | 4,367 | 100 |
B.—Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection (to require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and
. Dental Diseases) :—
Elementary.
Group | Number of Children | Percentage of Children found to requiro treatment | |
---|---|---|---|
Inspected | Found to require treatment | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Code Groups— | |||
Entrants | 6,705 | 1,869 | 27.9 |
Intermediates | 6,464 | 1,661 | 25.7 |
Leavers | 6,086 | 1,539 | 25.3 |
Total (Code Groups) | 19,255 | 5,069 | 26.3 |
Other routine Inspections | 606 | 69 | 11.4 |
Higher Educational Institutions. | |||
Routines (all ages) | 1188 | 340 | 28.6 |
Other Routines | 98 | — | — |