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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE III.—Continued.
Boys Girls Total
| E. | Infectious pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. | (1) At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| (2) At other Institutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (3) At no School or Institution | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Non - infectious but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. | (4) At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools 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 Elem. Schools | — | — | — | ||
| (8) At other Institutions | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| (9) At no School or Institution | 11 | 9 | 20 | ||
| Physically Defective | Delicate children (e.g., pre- or latent tuberculosis, malnutrition, debility, anaemia, etc.) | (10) At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 80 | 15 | 95 |
| (11) At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | 61 | 61 | ||
| (12) At Public Elem. Schools | 13 | 17 | 30 | ||
| (13) At other Institutions | — | _ | _ | ||
| (14) At no School or Institution | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Active non-pulmonary tuberculosis. | (15) At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 16 | 6 | 22 | |
| (16) At Public Elem. Schools | — | —_ | —_ | ||
| (17) At other Institutions | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| (18) At no School or Institution | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 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 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| (20) At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| (21) At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 111 | 65 | 176 | ||
| (22) At Public Elem. Schools | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| (23) At other Institutions | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| (24) At no School or Institution | 16 | 21 | 37 | ||
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
more or less permanently for education in the Elementary Schools.
(This note, however, does not apply to Epilepsy of a slight
degree.)
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