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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 1951

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

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appendix: iv
school health service
statistics relating to inspection and treatment of
nursery, special, primary, secondary and grammar school pupils, 1951.

Table: TABLE I.Return of Medical Inspection

TABLE I.

Return of Medical Inspection

A. Periodic medical inspection:
Code GroupNo. examined
Entrants3,425
Second age group2,411
Third age group2.303
Total8,139
Other periodic inspections816
Grand Total8,955
B. Other inspections:
Number of special inspections and relnspections20,991

Table: TABLE IIClassification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age Groups.

TABLE II

Classification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age Groups.

Number of children inspectedA (Good)B (Fair)C (Poor)
No.%No.%No.%
8,1393,13238.484,36853.676397.85

Table: TABLE III Verminous Conditions

TABLE III Verminous Conditions

(1) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the42,954
(2) Number of individual children found unclean1,774

Table: TABLE IV. Defects Treated

TABLE IV. Defects Treated

Group I. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness):
Total number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme5,924