Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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year as from 1st April, 1935. It was also decided that the experiment should be
extended to include a fourth evening institute, and that the arrangements should
apply to all students under 16 years of age.
In addition the Council decided that, as from 1st April, 1935, the medical officer
should, as a rule, visit weekly each group (boys and girls) of juveniles attending junior
instruction centres for the purpose of conducting a medical inspection of such
juveniles as are willing to undergo inspection; but that a juvenile should not be
presented to a medical officer until he (or she) had been in attendance for at least
one week, subject to any juvenile in regard to whom advice is required being
inspected at any time.
Day continuation
schools
and evening
institutes.
The following are the statistical returns relating to the experiment lor the calendar year 1935 :—
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Girls | 7 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
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Girls†† | - |
*Nose and throat 5, ear disease 3, defective speech 3, eye disease 3, heart and circulation 3, anaemia
and debility 2, lungs 3, nervous system 3, digestive system 1, spinal deformities 4, defects of U.G.
system 2, flatfoot 5, other defects 22.
†Nose and throat 4, glands 3, ear disease 2, defective hearing 2, eye disease 1, heart and circulation
7, anaemia and debility 7, lungs 1, spinal deformities 15, defects of U.G. system 5, flatfoot 11, other
defects 9.
§Nose and throat 7, glands 2, ear disease 2, defective speech 5, eye disease 5, heart and circulation 7,
lungs 3, digestive system 3, spinal deformities 2, defects of U.G. system 3, flat foot 8, other defects 7.
‡Nose and throat 8, glands 8, ear disease 3, defective speech 1, eye disease 9, heart and circulation
25, anaemia and debility 15, lungs 7, nervous system 5, digestive system 4, spinal deformities 13,
defects of U.G. system 2, flat foot 2, other defects 25.
††28 boys and 13 girls not inspected for vision pending availability of suitable room.
Defect. | Satisfactorily treated. | Under treatment. | Further treatment required. | Not treated. |
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1 | ||||
1 | 1 | |||
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1 | — | — | — | |
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1 | ||||
1 | — | — | ||
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