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West Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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- 1936
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- 210
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Staff of Medical Officer of Health's Departments
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Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1935.
WARDS. Births Birth Rate Deaths Death Rate Infant Deaths Infant Mortality per 1,000 births Natural increase Births over Deaths Estimated resident population middle of 1934 -
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Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in the County Borough of West Ham (Civilians only) during 1935
Causes of Death. Sex All Ages 0— 1— 2— 5— 15— 25—35 — 45— 55— 65— 75— -
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Deaths in Council's Institutions
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Deaths in other Institutions
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Chief Vital Statistics since 1887
Year Population Births Birth Rate Deaths Death Rate Infant Deaths Infant Mortality Rate -
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Results in Cases considered suitable for Treatment
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Summary of Shops Visited during the Year 1935
Principle Trade No of Visits INFRINGEMENTS WARNINGS Refused to serve after hours Summonses Notices NOT exhibited Open after Hours YPs working after hourf Verbal Letters H-H K E or F H or J -
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Particulars of Bodies Received into the Mortuaries during 1935
MONTHS Stratford Mortuary Camming Town Mortuary Number received No of Inquests held on Bodies remaining in Queen Mary's Hospital Males Females Over 5 yrs Under 5 yrs Sent in by Coroner Sent in by Police Sent in on Sanitary grounds Number of Postmortems Number of Inquests Number received Males Females Over 5 yrs Under 5 yrs Sent in by Coroner Sent in by Police Sent in on Sanitary grounds Number of Postmortems No of Inquests -
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District Medical Officers
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FOREST GATE HOSPITAL
MEN WOMEN CHILDREN Total Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic -
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WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL
MEN WOMEN CHILDREN Total Acute Subacute Chronic Acute Subacute Chronic Acute Sub-acute Chronic -
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CENTRAL HOME
MEN WOMEN CHILDREN Total Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic -
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FOREST HOUSE
MEN WOMEN CHILDREN Total Cbronic Sick Mental Epileptic Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic Chronic Sick Mental Epileptic -
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suffered prior to school age, and is thereafter included in the appropriate dossier of the school child concerned
Visits paid by all Health Visitors First Visits Total Visits -
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Centres and Clinics (Municipal and Subsidized by the Council):
Address Where Held. Number of Sessions held weekly (excluding Dental Sessions. Day and Time of Meeting Average per Session. Arrangements for Medical Supervision. Centre Attendances. Medical Consultations. Expectant Mothers Children. Expectant Mothers. Children. -
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Number of Children admitted to Hospitals.
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Home nursing of puerperal cases is carried out by the nurses from the several District Nursing Associations in the Borough.
Where Nursed Result West Ham Residents. Home Hospital Recovered Died -
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Table shewing Notified Causes of Deaths under one year of age.
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MENTAL DEFICIENCY. On the 31st December, 1935, there were 718 Mental Defectives on the register—Males 354, Females 364.
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There are 27 premises in the area where statutory offensive trades are being carried on. These trades are as follows:-
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Inspection of Dwelling Houses. The following table shows the number of inspections and Sanitary Notices served in respect of, in sixteen Wards of the Borough during the year 1935
Ward Inspections Notices served in respect of -
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. (1) Number of Inspections. (2) Written Notices. (3) Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) -
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2. —Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. (1) Number of Defects. Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. (5) Found. (2) Remedied. (3) Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) -
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Ten Clearance Orders were confirmed by the Ministry dur the year. 1 hese were as follows:—
Houses Persons to be displaced -
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An Official Representation was submitted to the Council in May, 1935, respecting a Clearance Area, Tidal Basin No. 1. This comprised the following houses :—
Houses Persons to be displaced -
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A preliminary report was made in November respecting five more proposed Clearing Areas as follows :—
Houses Persons to be displaced -
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Samples Analysed by Borough Analyst, 1935.
Articles Analysed Genuine Adulterated Official Unofficial Official Unofficial Official Unofficial -
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Articles Analysed Genuine Adulterated Official Unofficial Official Unofficial Official Unofficial -
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The adulteration in the Borough for the past six years was as follows:—
Year. No. of Samples Examined. % of Adulteration. -
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The milk adulteration in the Borough for the past six year was as follows :—
Year. No. of Samples Examined. % of Adulteration. -
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TABLE I Showing Animals examined Post-Mortem and those found to be Diseased.
Class of Animals. Number Inspected Affected with T.B. Affected with Other Diseases. Number Percentage Number Percentage -
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TABLE 11. Showing Unsound Meat Condemned as a Result of Post-Mortem Examination.
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The following table shows the number of cases of notifiable diseases during the year 1935, together with the number removed to hospitals, and the total number of deaths from each disease.
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The figures set out below show the number of deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Measles during the past nine years:—
Year Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria Whooping Cough. Measles. -
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TABLE I.
1935 Admissions. Deaths. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Paratyphoid. Measles. Pneumonia. Erysipelas. Chicken-pox. Puerperal Pyrexia. Whooping Cough. Other Diseases. Total. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Paratyphoid. Measles. Pneumonia. Erysipelas. Chicken-pox. Puerperal Pyn xia. Whooping Cough. Other Diseases. Total. -
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TABLE II.
Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Typhoid Fever. Measles. Pneumonia. Whoop- i ing Cough. Erysipelas. Other Diseases. Total Year. Ad. D. Ad. D. Ad. D Ad. D. Ad. D. Ad. D. Ad. D. Ad. D. Ad. D. -
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The day of illness on which the patients were admitted is shown in the following Table:—
Bay of Illness 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Later -
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The cases which were discharged or died during the year are classified as follows:—
Type of Disease. Number of Cases. % of Total Cases. Deaths. Fatality Rate -
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Gate Cases. The following is a record of cases suspected to be suffering from infectious diseases which were brought direct to the Hospital for diagnosis:—
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Bacteriological Work. Swabs examined for diphtheria:—
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Tuberculosis Dispensary. The Tuberculosis Officer (Dr. P. A. Galpin) reports as follows:— 1 he following figures show the number of cases examined in comparison with other years:—
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An analysis of Primary Notifications and Transfers into the West Ham Area of cases suffering from Tuberculosis of the Lungs has been made:—
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The 77 cases who have not been examined have been been further analysed:—
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Has attended regularly for three years and received a grant of Milk, Eggs, Butter, Green Salads and Green Vegetables.
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Sanatorium Treatment not recommended—nervous type.
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Sanatorium Treatment not advisable as the patient is of the nervous type.
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Extra Nourishment granted.
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The grades of cases discharged and the results of treatment were as follows:—
T.B. Minus T.B. plus Grade I. T.B. plus Grade II. T.B. plus Grade III. Total -
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Nine cases were under treatment for less than 4 weeks and not classified.
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The following table shews the comparison of rainfall for the past three years:—
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Staff.
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The results of treatment for those discharged are as follows
T.B. Minus T.B. plus Grade I. T. R. plus Grade II. T.B. plus Grade III. Total -
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Venereal Diseases (L.C.C. Scheme) Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 1935.
London. Middlesex. Essex. Surrey Kent. Herts Bucks East Ham. West Ham. Croydon. Total. Other Places. Grand Total. -
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Venereal Diseases. Summary of the work done at the London Clinics for all areas from 1917.
Year. New Cases. Total Venereal Cases. Total Non-Venereal Cases. Total Attendances In-patient days. Pathological Examinations for Syphilis. Soft Chancre. Gonorrhoea. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Clinic. Practitioners. -
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Venereal Diseases (L.C.C. Scheme). Return showing the extent to which the facilities have been utilised during the year ended 31st December, 1935.
Hospital New cases No. of persons Total attendance; No. of inpatients s days A.B.C. doses given Pathological examinations Syp. sc. Gon. Not V.D. Total Ceased to attend Discharged Spiro Gon. Wass. Others Total (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) -
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The following table shows the allocation of the patients re ceived at these institutions, to the areas in the scheme:—
Area No. of patients Aggregate No. of days in residence Percentage (days) -
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AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, 1934-1935.
Age Number Examined 1934 1935 Average Height in inches. Number Examined Average Height in inches. -
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WEIGHT.
Age Number Examined Average Weight in lbs. Number Examined Average Weight in lbs. -
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(b) UNCLEANLINESS. The following figures give a brief resume of the work done and the findings. These figures refer to examinations of children by School Nurses.
Number Examined Ova Ova and Pediculi Body Pediculi Head and Body i Pediculi Sores Dirty -
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The percentages for head and body vermin are respectively 1.64 and .13.
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rollowing are particulars of children found to require Treatment or Observation under this heading:—
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The following table gives a summary of work of the Nurses, in the process of following-up during the year:—
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Conditions remedied during the year under the Cleanliness scheme were as follows:—
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The following figures give an indication of the attendances at the Medical Clinics, of which there are four in the Borough, one of them (Stratford Clinic) being served by two Doctors:—
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Following is a resume of the results of the examinations by the School Oculist:—
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During the year the School Attendance Officers reported the following cases:—
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The following Table gives an analysis of the defects for which children were excluded from school during the year.
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Age Distribution of Examinees. M.D. and P.D. Children.
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Chief defects referred for Treatment or Observation.
Treatment Unclean Head 10 Other Eye Conditions 1 -
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Observation
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The following Table shows the number of defects treated at the Clinics during the year:—
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WEEKLY MENU FOR SUMMER MONTHS.
Sunday Cocoa, Bread and Butter, Jam, Fruit or Marmalade. - Roast Beef, Cabbage and Potatoes, Stewed Fruit or Fruit Salad and Custard. Tea, Bread and Butter, Cake. Milk, Bread and Dripping. -
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The following particulars indicate the results.
of same. Examination Boys examined Girls examined Total Parents present Number of Defects Percentage of Defects -
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tions were carried out. The following report relates to the findings at these inspections:—
Examination Boys examined Girls examined Total Parents present Number Defective Percentage of Defects -
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The following particulars relate to the examination of the boys:—
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The results of the Inspection of the Girls in October, 1935, were as follows:—
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(e) Age Groups.
Age Boys Girls Total -
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TABLE 1.
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TABLE II. A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1935.
Defect or Dlaesae. (1) Routine Inspections. Special Inspections No. of Defects No. of Defects Requiring treatment (2) Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment (3) Requiring treatment (4) Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment (5) -
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TABLE II.— (Continued)
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspection Special Inspection No. of Defects No. of Defect Requiring treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment Requiring treatment Requiting to be kept uudsf observation, but not requiring treatment (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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B.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Croups.
Age-groups Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) T? (Normal) (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. or /o No. % -
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Blind Children.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Public Elementary Schools At , Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total -
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Partially Sighted Children.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted. At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Deaf Children.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Partially Deaf Children.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Mentally Defective Children. Feeble-minded Children.
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Epileptic Children. Children Suffering from Severe Epilepsy.
At Certified Special Schools At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Children Notified by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority.
Diagnosis. Boys Girls -
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Physically Defective Children. A. Tuberculous Children. 1.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
At Certified Special Schools At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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II.— Children Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Certified At Special Schools At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.
Combination of Defect. At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Croup 1.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.)
Disease or Detect. Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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Croup II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1).
No. of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise. Total. -
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TABLE IV.— Continued.
No. of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Total -
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Croup III.— Treatment of Delects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects. Received Operative Treatment. Received other forms of Treatment. Total number treated. Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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Croup IV.— Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
Under the Authority's Scheme (1) Otherwise. (2) Total number treated. Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment without education. Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment without education. Non-Residential treatment of an orthopaedic clinic. (i) (ii) (iii) (i) (ii) (iii) -
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TABLE V.—Dental Inspection and Treatment.
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TABLE VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
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TABLE I.
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TABLE 11. A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1935.
DEFECT OR DISEASE. (1) Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment (2) Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. (3) Requiring Treatment. (4) Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. (5) -
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TABLE II.—Cont.
DEFECT OR DISEASE. 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) -
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B. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
Age-groups Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) c (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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Croup 1.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.)
Disease or Defcct Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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Croup II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
(1) No. of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) Otherwise (3) Total. (4) -
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TABLE IV—cont.
Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise. Total. -
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Croup III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects. Received Operative Treatment. Received other forms of Treatment. Total number treated Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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Croup IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
Under the Authority's Scheme (1) Otherwise. (2) Total number treated. Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment without education. Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment without education. Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (i) (ii) (iii) (i) (ii) (iii) -
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TABLE V.—Dental Inspection and Treatment.