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 Edmonton]
This page requires JavaScript
88
As mentioned in a later paragraph, Miss B. Cony's post as Cleansing
Nurse is now occupied by Miss R. Edmonds.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR AND SCOPE OF ROUTINE
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Three age-groups have been inspected, the entrants (the majority of whom
were 5 or 6 years of age), the 8-year-old group, and the leavers.
Five thousand three hundred and eighteen children were
passed through the routine inspection ; the number last year was 5,077.
TABLE I.
•
Of the Board of Education.
"A"—Code Groups.
The ages and numbers of children inspected were as follows:—
Ages | Entrants. | 8 year | Leavers. | Grand Total. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 6 | 7 | Totals | old group. | 12 | 13 and over. | Central Sch'l. | Totals | ||
Boys | 609 | 98 | 23 | 730 | 674 | 649 | 667 | 62 | 1378 | 2782 |
Girls | 552 | 112 | 25 | 689 | 662 | 579 | 57° | 36 | 1185 | 2536 |
Totals | 1161 | 210 | 48 | 1419 | 1336 | 1128 | 1237 | 98 | 2563 | 5318 |
Special cases. | Re-examinations. | |
---|---|---|
Boys | 1214 | 588 |
Girls | 1282 | 480 |
Totals | 2496 | 1068 |