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Enfield 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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68
ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN UNDER
FIVE YEARS OF AGE.

Table: The following table shows the result of the work carried out under the above scheme for 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938.

The following table shows the result of the work carried out under the above scheme for 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938.

Total number of appoint1934.1935.1936.1937. 1938.
ments made6,7807,5707,3408,487 7,919
Total number kept2,2312,7142,3092,432 2,145
Total number of additional examinations9601,2221,2801,599 1,740

Table: The following table is an analysis of the children sent for routine examination, showing the number of appointments made at each birthday.

The following table is an analysis of the children sent for routine examination, showing the number of appointments made at each birthday.

Appointments.1st. Birthday.2nd Birthday.3rd. Birthday.4 th. Birthday.Total.
No. sent for1,3541,0959558584,262
No. kept423243192 11421,000

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The total number of appointments made, not including
birthdays, was 3,657.
The total number kept was 1,145.
The procedure whereby invitation cards are sent to children
on their birthdays inviting them to attend the Maternity and
Child Welfare Clinics to be medically examined, has been continued
throughout the year.
This scheme commenced in April, 1933, and during the nine
months of that year the total number of appointments kept was
1,769. The scheme has been successful in that the total number
of appointments kept in 1938 had risen to 2,145.
I feel constrained to repeat the remarks I have made in previous
years, that the proportion of children whose appointments arekept
is too low, especially those made for children of between
four and five years of age.
AURAL TREATMENT.
The scheme whereby children under five years of age and
ante-natal and nursing mothers could be referred to the School
Aural Clinic was continued, and during the course of the year