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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table B. Pupils found to require treatment
| Age Groups Inspected (By year of birth) (1) | For Defective Vision (Excluding squint) (2) | For any of the Other Conditions Recorded in Part 11 (3) | Total Individual Pupils (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 and later | 3 | 90 | 54 |
| 1954 | 5 | 67 | 88 |
| 1953 (entrants exam.) | 24 | 193 | 203 |
| 1952 | 7 | 35 | 36 |
| 1951 | 10 | 12 | 19 |
| 1950 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| 1949 | 17 | 15 | 29 |
| 1948 (Intermediate Exam.) | 183 | 202 | 325 |
| 1947 | 130 | 99 | 203 |
| 1946 | 8 | 11 | 17 |
| 1945 (Leaver Exam.) | 211 | 138 | 321 |
| 1944 and earlier | 115 | 160 | |
| TOTAL | 720 | 897 | 1,450 |
APPENDIX B Part 1
Table C. Other Inspections
| Number of special inspections | 7,756 |
| Number of re-inspections | 7,572 |
| 15,328 |
Table D. Verminous Conditions
| (1) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the school nurses | 58,685 |
| (2) Number of individual children found unclean | 229 |
| (3) Number of individual children in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued | 33 |
| (4) Number of individual children in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued | Nil |