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 Enfield]
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The number of children examined in the course of Routine
Medical Inspection at the secondary schools was as follows:—
Junior Technical School 273
Grammar School 452
County School 205
The classification of the nutrition of these children was as follows:—
School. | Classification. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
"A" | " B " | " C " | " D " | |
Junior Technical | 70 | 184 | 19 | - |
Grammar | 94 | 311 | 14 | 3 |
County | 11 | 173 | 20 | 1 |
The following defects were found:—
Defects. | School. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Jnr. Technical. | Grammar. | County. | |
Defective Vision | 47 | 96 | 67 |
Defective Hearing | 1 | 2 | — |
Functional Heart Disease | 1 | — | 1 |
Kyphosis | — | - | — |
Other Deformities | 32 | 21 | 16 |
Blepharitis | - | 2 | 1 |
Impetigo | — | — | — |
Enlarged Tonsils | '— | 3 | 5 |
Enlarged Glands | — | 7 | 2 |
Anaemia | 1 | — | - |
Other Diseases and Defects | 4 | 13 | 10 |
Dental Caries | 1 | 1 | — |
Defective Speech | 1 | 1 | — |
Organic Heart Disease | — | 1 | — |
Four hundred and sixty-six children were treated at the School
Dental Clinic and one hundred and fifty-seven at the School
Ophthalmic Clinic during 1943.