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THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
No. of children on School Roll 3943
No. of individual children \viho attended medical clinics 2759
No. of individual children medically examined at schools 1181
No. of medical examinations at the clinics 9728
(1) Hainault 8789
(2) Bedonwell 939
No. of inspections for uncleanliness and verminous
conditions (school nurses) 10330
No. of attendances for treatment at the Dental Clinic 2317
No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic 139
No. of spectacles prescribed 70
No. of operations for Tonsils and Adenoids 56
No. of attendances at the Orthopaedic Clinic 760
(1) For consultations 138
(2) For treatments, massage, etc. 622
No. of attendances at Ultra Violet Ray Clinics 233
Medical Inspection.
A more comprehensive system of medical inspection has
been adopted this year, whereby all schools are visited in
rotation by the Assistant Medical Officers who examine every
child in the school, irrespective of the routine age groups. This
more thorough inspection with its obvious advantages, was
made possible by the quiet conditions in the borough during
the later half of the year, and has two main aims:—
1. The detection of incipient disease and defects as soon
as possible so that they may be brought under medical surveillance
at the school clinics, and
2. The arranging of medical care and supervision for all
cases of malnutrition, and immediate defects of a major or
minor character.