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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The scope of the work also embraced the re-examination of all
defective cases found at Medical Inspection in whom the defects
were of such a nature as to deem it advisable that parents should
be notified thereof; the "following up" of the same; the inspection
for general cleanliness of all children attending the elementary
schools of the Borough; the cleansing of children under the
statutory powers conferred by the Children Act; and the work
accomplished at the Inspection and Treatment Clinics.
The following table shows the number of children examined during 1913, classified according to age and sex :—
| Routine Inspection. | Special Inspection. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages examined | Boys | Girls | Hoys | Girls |
| 5 years | 944 | 935 | — | — |
| 6 „ | 443 | 494 | — | — |
| 7 „ | 75 | 79 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 ,, | — | — | 52 | 55 |
| 9 „ | — | — | 37 | 55 |
| 10 ,, | — | — | 60 | 55 |
| 11 „ | — | — | 33 | 46 |
| 12 „ | — | — | 50 | 66 |
| 13 „ | 917 | 748 | — | — |
| 14 „ | 153 | 93 | — | — |
| 15 ,, | 18 | 6 | — | — |
| 2,550 | 2,355 | 239 | 288 | |
CO-ORDINATION OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICES.
In the Borough of East Ham the School Medical Officer is
also Medical Officer of Health; direct unity of action is thus at
once obtained.
A comprehensive scheme is in force that secures active cooperation
between the Medical Officers and the School Teachers,
School Nurses and Attendance Officers, in order to prevent the
spread of infection.
In this scheme are included the notifiable and non-notifiable
infectious diseases, together with the contagious skin and eye
affections.