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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The following table shows the number of children examined during 1914, classified according to age and sex:-
| Routine Inspection. | Special Inspection. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages examined | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls |
| 5 years | 1,281 | 1,175 | — | — |
| 6 „ | 662 | 685 | — | — |
| 7 „ | 186 | 194 | — | — |
| 8 „ | — | — | 56 | 49 |
| 9 „ | — | — | 24 | 79 |
| 10 „ | — | — | 49 | 43 |
| 11 „ | — | — | 79 | 79 |
| 12 „ | 836 | 846 | — | — |
| 13 „ | 1,049 | 831 | — | — |
| 14 „ | 51 | 58 | — | — |
| 15 „ | 15 | 12 | — | — |
| 4,080 | 3,801 | 208 | 250 | |
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.
Each case of notified disease is regarded as possibly connected
with other cases of the same disease, which, owing to their mildness
or the absence of some of the characteristic symptoms, have
been overlooked by the parent or the teacher, or both.
Inquiries therefore are made at the patient's home and into
the condition of the children who have been in contact at school
with the scholar who has fallen ill.
Teachers are instructed in the symptoms of onset of the chief
infectious diseases, and are directed temporarily to exclude children