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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 1950

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

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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
School Population. There was a small Increase in the school population during the
year. On 31st December, 1950, there were 27,369 children on the School rolls, as compared
with 27,027 on the corresponding day of 1949.
The total increase since 1945 remains slightly less than 7,000.
Medical Inspection. A table setting out the work done under this heading will be
found in appendix 4 on pages 82-84. The volume of work carried out was much the same
as in the year before.
It was reported last year that some initial uncertainty had been caused by changes
in classification on the Ministry of Education new record form 10M. The principle
difficulty was the adoption of an assessment of the child's general condition in place of
the rather misleading one of nutrition. After a period of trial the standards of judgment
have now been stabilised and the figures for the past two years are as follows:-

Table: Classification of the General Condition of Children Inspected during the Years 1948,,1949 and 1950

Classification of the General Condition of Children Inspected during the Years 1948,,1949 and 1950

Year 1948No.of children inspectedA. (Good)B. (Pair)c. (Poor)
No.%No.%No.%
Entrants3,2361,27539.401,70852.782537.82
2nd age group2,37091138.441,26953.541908.02
3rd age group1,74651929.731,09562.711327.56
Other periodic2,98898332.901,76659.102398.0
Total10,3403,68835,675,83856.468147.87
Year 1949
Entrants3,5221,02629.132,05358.2944312.58
2nd age group2,63584432.031,54-958.792429.18
3rd age group2,5721,05240.901,32051.322007.78
Other periodic2,8541,13939.911,58355.471324.62
Total11,5834,06135.066,50556.161,0178.78