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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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During the year the School Attendance Officers reported the following cases):-
| Measles (including german Measles | 452 | Whooping cough | 662 |
| Tonsilitis | 369 | Chickenpox | 1057 |
| Othere diease | 637 | ||
| Mumps | 594 |
There were no school closures during the year through
Infectious Disease.
The following Table gives an analysis of the defects for which children were excluded from school during the year, by the Assistant School Medical Officers:—
Exclusions during 1933.
| Impetigo | 24 | Otorrhoea | 9 |
| Scabies | 150 | Verminous | 5 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 27 | Tuberculosis | 145 |
| Conjunctivitis | 18 | Tinea Tonsurans. | |
| Blepharitis | 5 | Treated by X-Rays | 13 |
| Keratitis | 2 | Treated at Clinic | 4 |
| Mumps | 30 | Tinea Body | 3 |
| Chorea | 7 | Other Defects and Diseases | 27 |
| Enlarged Glands | 9 | ||
| Chicken Pox | 24 | 542 | |
| Tonsillitis | 12 | ||
| Diphtheria | 2 | ||
| Anaemia and Debility | 8 | Total number of children involved | 523 |
| Bronchitis | 11 | ||
| Heart | 7 |
(9) Open Air Education.
(a) Playground Classes.
Opportunity is taken, weather permitting, of holding classes
in the playgrounds, and physical exercises are taken in the openair
whenever possible.
Four schools hold classes during the warmer months in the
open-air on the flat roofs available, and certain schools hold
classes in the neighbouring parks and recreation grounds.
(b) Open-Air Classrooms.
In the recently opened Elementary schools in West Ham,
viz. Pretoria Road and Tollgate, and the new South Hallsville
School, which has been reconstructed, provision has been made
for open-air classrooms.
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