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Barking 1930
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking]
- Published
- 1931
- Pages
- 114
- Tables
- 23
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Page 123
It also shows what facilities, if any, exist for the drying of children's clothes and boots.
School. No. of children who do not return home for mid-day meal. Whether facilities exist for heating of children's meals. Whether facilities exist for the drying of children's clothes and boots. -
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The table herewith included, which is a modification of Table IIB to be found in the appendix to this report, shows the number of children who have been examired and the number of defective children referred either for treatment or for observation during the years 1929 and 1930.
Entrants Intermediates Leavers Specials Other Routine Examinations Total 1929 1930 1929 1930 1929 1930 1929 1930 1929 1930 1929 1930 -
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The following table shows the percentage of the children examined who were accompanied by their parents or guardians.
Year. Percentage of Children Examined who were Accompanied by Parents. Year. Percentage of Children Examined who were Accompanied by Parents. -
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The following table shows the number of children examined at routine and special inspections during 1930, classified according to the schools attended, the number of inspections held in each school and the number of parents or guardians present:—
School. No. of inspections. Numbers inspected. No. of Parents present. Boys. Girls. -
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A relatively small proportion of such cases in any town is likely to infest quite a large number of children because they provide a constant source of infestation, which renders other children unclean whose parents are doing quite sufficient to keep their children clean if it were not for this constant infestation.
School. Dept. No. of Examinations Nits only. Nits and Vermin (head) -
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(c) Heights and Weights.—The following table gives the average heights and weights of children examined at the three undermentioned age periods in all of the schools, compared with the results at similar age periods in 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929.
Year. Average Height in Inches. Average Weight in Pounds. 5 yrs. 8 yrs. 12 yrs. 5 yrs. 8 yrs. 12 yrs. -
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The following table shows the position with regard to notification of tuberculosis amongst children of school age during 1930:
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Page 131
As reported elsewhere, the revision of the Tuberculosis Register has now been going on for some time, and during the year under review the following numbers of school children have been removed from the Notification Register.
Removed from Register. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. -
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The following table shows briefly the number of children notified and reported suffering from some of the commoner infectious discases:-
1927 1928 1929 1930 -
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Number of home visits in connection with:—
1928 1929 1930 -
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Clinics.—The numbers of school children attending in 1929 and 1930 were as follows:—
Clinic. No. of 1st attendances of children. Total No. of attendances. -
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Minor Ailments Clinic.
Central Clinic St. Albans 1920 1930 1930 -
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PARTICULARS OF WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.
No. of visits by Orthopaedic Surgeon No. of visits by Masseuse ATTENDANCES Primary Examination Re-Examination For Treatment Total School Children Under School Age School Children Under School Age School Children Under School Age School Children Under Age -
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The following table shows the position with regard to recommendation and admission to Faircross School during the year.
School. Recd. Adm. Refused Waiting Adm. Deferred Left District -
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TABLE II. (A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1930.
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (8) -
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TABLE II.— Continued.
Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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TABLE II.— Continued. (B.)—Number of Individual Children FOUND AT Routine MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
Group. Number of Children. Percentage of Children found to require treatment. Inspected. Found to require treatment (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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TABLE III.—RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
Boys. Girls. Total. -
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TABLE III.— continued.
Boys. Girls. Total. -
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FORM 307M. — STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1930, BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY TO THE LOCAL MENTAL DEFICIENCY AUTHORITY.
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TABLE IV.—TREATMENT TABLE. GROUP 1.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
Disease or Defect. Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise. Total -
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GROUP II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects Treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
Defect or Disease. Under Authority's Scheme. Number of defects dealt with. Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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GROUP III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
Received Operative Treatment. Received other forms of treatment. Total number treated Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)