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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year ended 31st December, 1936.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
TABLE 1.
A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the Prescribed Groups.
Entrants 4380
Second Age Group 3572
Third Age Group 4088
Total. 12040
Number of other Routine Inspections 1685
Grand Total 13725
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections 16016
Number of Re-Inspections 5733
Total 21749

Table: C.—Children found to require Treatment.Number of Individual Children Found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

C.—Children found to require Treatment.

Number of Individual Children Found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group.For defective vision (excluding squint).For all other conditions recorded in Table II A.Total.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants14730734
Second Age Group234577747
Third Age Group269510727
Total (Prescribed Groups)51718172208
Other Routine Inspections196576
Grand Total53618822284