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SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
All the Scholars in the West Ham Secondary and Plaistow
Secondary Schools are medically examined annually, in addition
to which the Assistant School Medical Officers make one visit a
year for the purpose of re-inspecting those pupils found with
defects at the previous examination.
The procedure of following-up by Nurses' visits is the same
as in the Elementary Schools.
The girl students in these Schools are medically examined
by a Lady Doctor.
Every facility provided by the Authority for the treatment of
children is available for these pupils. Many of the pupils, however,
have their defects remedied privately. Treatment is
obtainable by all the scholars, i.e. scholarship holders and feepayers.
WEST HAM SECONDARY SCHOOL.
Dr. West has submitted the following report on the examination
of the boy students at the above School:—
The customary Routine Medical Inspection of the pupils
attending this School was made during the year 1936, and
those requiring treatment were seen three months later to ascertain
if this had been obtained.
Total number examined 341
Found defective 57
Percentage defective 16.1%
The standard of health and physique of the majority of the
pupils was satisfactory, and an analysis of the nutritional state
shows:—
Above average 131 38.4 %
Average 191 56.01%
Below average 19 5.5 %
The principal defects noted were:—
Skin disease 3
Defective Vision 34
Other eye conditions 1
Enlarged Tonsils 1
Other throat and nose conditions 3
Minor orthopaedic conditions 13
Other conditions 8
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