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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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4 include factory work, work in shops, clerking, dressmaking,
domestic and laundry work, and work as page boy at an hotel or
cinema.
Deaf Centres. The two deaf centres have the following
accommodation:—Frederick Road, 40; Water Lane, 40. All the
children are examined annually by an assistant school medical
officer and a school dental surgeon, and arrangements are also
made for an annual examination by the specialist aural surgeon.
A number of children from outside areas are admitted to these
schools by arrangement with the local Education Authority, when
vacant places occur.
The following table shows the number of children found to require treatment or observation.
Table XXVII.
Defects found at deaf centres.
| Defect. | Recommended for | |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment. | Observation. | |
| Defective vision | 9 | — |
| Otitis media | 2 | — |
| Heart disease | — | 1 |
| Bronchitis | — | |
| Deformity | 1 | 1 |
| Adenoids | 1 | — |
| Skin disease | — | 1 |
| Other defects | 2 | 1 |
Some of the defects mentioned above occurred in children
from outside areas, and these Authorities were informed. The
nutritional state of the children continues to be satisfactory.
Further progress of leavers. During the year 1937, ten
children left the deaf centres. The reasons for leaving are set out
in Table XXVIII.
Of the five children referred to in column 1, four are
employed as factory hands, etc., and one is at home. The child
referred to in column 4, left the school to be apprenticed to a
dental surgeon.
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