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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
East Ham 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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There is no item in the above which could well be omitted.
Some, probably, might have hoped for more detail, but the Board
have, doubtless for reasons of economy, refrained from adding
items possessing only interest from an anthropometrical point of
view. What is really required is an inspection to determine the
fitness of the child for school life, and from this aspect the
Schedule is a throughly practical one.