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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE III.—Continued.
| Physically Defective (continued) | Tuberculosis of the peripheral glands. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools | Boys | Girls. | Total. |
| approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | _ | _ | — | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Abdominal tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | ||||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | |||||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | _ | _ | — | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At other Institutions | _ | _ | _ | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Tuberculosis of bones and joints (not including deformities due to old tuberculosis). | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 22 | 15 | 35 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | _ | _ | ||
| At other Institutions | 2 | _ | 2 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Tuberculosis of other organs (skin, etc.) | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | — | — | — | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At other Institutions | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| At 110 School or Institution | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Delicate children, i.e. all children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School. | At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | ||||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 79 | 75 | 154 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools .. | 75 | 13 | 88 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||
| At other Institutions | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life. | At Certified Hospital Schools | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 65 | 67 | 132 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | |||||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 13 | 15 | 28 (Nil) | ||
| At other Institutions | 1 | 3 | 4 (2) | ||
| At no School or Institution | 12 | 19 (7) | |||
| Children with heart disease, i.e., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the public elementary school. | At Certified Hospital Schools | 2 | 2 | ||
| At Cortified Residential Cripple Schools | — | — | |||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 5 | _ | 5 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| At other Institutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 5 | 7 | 12 |