London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE V.
Details of Children: (a) age 5 under 16.
| Educable | Ineducable | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attending Special Schools | Attending Other Schools | Not at School | |||||||
| M. | 3 | M. | - | M. | - | M. | 3 | ||
| F. | 5 | F. | 1 | F. | - | F. | - | 6 | |
| Total | 8 | Total | 1 | Total | - | Total | - | 9 | |
| Details of Children; (b) Age 16 and over still at School. | |||||||||
| M. | 1 | ||||||||
| F . | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 | ||||||||
TABLE VI.
No. of Persons Registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944.
| M. | 4 |
| F. | 3 |
| Total | 7 |
TABLE VII.
Nature of Disability of New Cases Registered as Partially-Sighted during the Year
| Cause of Disability | Total | No Treatment Recommended | Recommended for | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Treatment | Medical Treatment | Educational & Optical Treatment | |||
| Cataract (both eyes) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Cataract (one eye) and Glaucoma and Cataract (other eye) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cataract and Glaucoma (one eye) and other cause (one eye) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cataract (one eye) and other cause( one eye) | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Other and unknown causes | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 |