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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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TABLE II.
A.— Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31ST December, 1937.
| Defect or disease | Elementary schools | Secondary schools | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine inspections | Special inspections | Routine inspections | Special inspections | |||||
| No. ot defects | No. of defects | No. of defects | No. of defects | |||||
| Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be keptunder observation but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment | |
| Skin : | ||||||||
| Ringworm, scalp | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ringworm, body | 7 | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies ... | 7 | — | 253 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Impetigo | 7 | 1 | 637 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Other diseases (non-tuberculous) ... | 100 | 18 | 3,204 | — | 25 | 6 | • 16 | — |
| Total (skin diseases) | 121 | 19 | 4,216 | — | 28 | 6 | 18 | — |
| Eye : | ||||||||
| Blepharitis | 44 | 2 | 237 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Conjunctivitis | 11 | 4 | 409 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — |
| Keratitis | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Corneal opacities | 1 | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other conditions (excluding defective vision and squint) | 15 | 11 | 275 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Total (eye diseases) | 72 | 18 | 946 | 1 | 7 | — | 9 | — |
| Defective vision (excluding squint) | 617 | 92 | 664 | 3 | 329 | 19 | 29 | |
| Squint | 195 | 15 | 220 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Ear : | ||||||||
| Defective hearing | 26 | 9 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Otitis media | 56 | 10 | 427 | — | 11 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Other ear diseases | 54 | 4 | 426 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Nose and Throat : | ||||||||
| Chronic tonsillitis only | 136 | 114 | 52 | — | 13 | 6 | — | — |
| Adenoids only | 30 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Chronic tonsillitis and adenoids | 434 | 102 | 378 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Other conditions | 125 | 24 | 162 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Enlarged cervical glands (non-tuber-culous) | 32 | 39 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |