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West Ham 1955

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

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TABIE II

A. Return of defects found by medical inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1955,

Defect Code NumberDisease or DefectPeriodic Inspection No. of defectsSpecial Inspections No. of defects
Requiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observationRequiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation
4Skin30895335
5Eyes -
(a) Vision31596307131
(b) Squint48246331
(e) Other552107
6Ears -
(a) Hearing101810988
(b) Otitis media3104218
(c) Other43867
7Nose and throat63110175168 '
8Speech255984121
9Cervical glands210856
10Heart and circulation823354l
11Lungs10236661
12Developmental -
(a) Hernia31027
(b) Other323557
13Orthopaed ic -
(a) Posture16132133
(b) Plat foot4i204l69
(c) Other31486856
Nervous system -
(a) Epilepsy141218
(b) Other10152338
15Psychological -
(a) Development212103108
(b) Stability1690131108
16Other701811,781434

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

Age Groups InspectedNumber of pupils InspectedA (Good)B (Pair)C (Poor)
No.% of col.2No.% of col.2No.% of col,2
(1)(2)(3)(1)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Entrants2,66899237.181,64161.51351.31
Second Age Group2,32986837.271,44161.87200.86
Third Age Group Additional Perioc Inspections1,871 ic 1,204870 58546 .50 48.59978 59852.27 49.67 .23 211.23 1,74
Total8,0723,31541,074,65857.70991.23

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