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After that plans were put in hand to increase the number of
central kitchens in order to distribute meals to as many schools
as possible without unnecessary delay.
In the report for 1942 it will be possible to give a more detailed
account of the development of the feeding centres and the effect
of the provision of meals on the health of the children.
NURSERY SCHOOLS.
Since the outbreak of war there have been no nursery schools
or classes open in the Borough.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Medical inspection was carried out as in former years on
behalf of the Middlesex Education Committee in the County
Schools in the Borough, 824 routine inspections and 10 re-inspections
of pupils being made.
Ophthalmic treatment was given during the year to 71 pupils
attending County Schools and for 64 of these spectacles were
prescribed and 60 supplied through the school medical department.
Dental inspection of all the pupils attending the County
Schools was carried out on behalf of the Middlesex Education
Committee and the following is the report of the School Dental
Surgeon :
" The total number of pupils inspected at Secondary Schools
during the year amounted to 1,411. This is a big increase in number
over the previous year when 962 were seen at the Schools. It was
found that a very large number had not received treatment in the
reception areas from which a number of children had returned.
The treatment involved 232 extractions of permanent teeth and
57 of temporary teeth, giving a total of 289 extractions. This
figure is greater than that of the previous year by 95.
The number of fillings inserted in permanent teeth totalled 358,
a smaller number than in the previous year when 382 fillings were
inserted.
Other operations included dressings to permanent teeth and
treatment to gums where ulcerated conditions were present ; scaling
and adjustments to a number of orthodontic appliances that had
been inserted during the time spent at an elementary school.
All these operations included 105 items of treatment for the County
School pupils."