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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.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF
HICHER EDUCATION.
TABLE I.
A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Routine Inspections 2624
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections 52
Number of Re-Inspections 507
Total 559
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
Disease).
Routine Inspection:
For Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 242
For all other conditions recorded in Table II A. 199
Total (Cases) 438
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