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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 1954

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

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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

Age Groups InspectedNumber of pupils InspectedA (Good)B (Fair)C (Poor)
No.% of col.2No.% of col.2No.% of col.2
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Entrants3,7511,32035.192,37563.32561.49
Second Age Group2,5791,08742.151,45856.53341.32
Third Age Group2,1851,14952.591,00946.18271.23
Other Periodic Inspections59535259.1624140.5020.34
Total9,1103,90842.905,08355.801191.30

Table: TABLE III Verminous Conditions

TABLE III Verminous Conditions

(1) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the school nurses68,839
(2) Number of individual children found unclean878
(3) Number of individual children in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued322
(4) Number of individual children in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued70

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 Scheme3,145
Group 2. Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor defects):
Errors of refraction (including squint)1,537
Other defect or disease of the eyes36
Total1,573
Number of children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed1,192
(b) obtained1,154