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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southgate 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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The total number of children inspected at the Elementary Schools during 1936 was as follows :—
| Inspected. | Requiring Treatment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 669 | 62 |
| Intermediates | 376 | 33 |
| Leavers | 459 | 61 |
| 1,504 | 156 | |
| Other ages | 161 | 26 |
| Special | 4 | - |
| 165 | 26 | |
| 1,669 | 182 |
School Clinics.— These are provided by the Middlesex County
Council.
(a) Minor Ailment Treatment Clinics are in operation at
Winchmore Council School, Highfield Road, Winchmore Hill, where
sessions are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings, at
Oakwood Council School, Southgate, on Tuesday mornings, and
at Holly Park Council School, Friern Barnet, on Monday and
Wednesday mornings.
The total number of children dealt with at the Minor Ailments Clinics during 1936 was as follows :—
| New Cases. | Attendances. | Treated. | Not requiring Treatment. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchmore Hill | 1,175 | 3,894 | 1,103 | 72 |
| Oakwood | 393 | 1,044 | 388 | 5 |
| Holly Park | 241 | 582 | 176 | 65 |
| 1,809 | 5,520 | 1,667 | 142 |
(b) Ophthalmic Clinic.— An ophthalmic clinic is held weekly
on Wednesday mornings, at Garfield Road School, school children
being seen by Mr. E. F. King, F.R.C.S., D.O.M.S., Ophthalmic
Surgeon. Two hundred and nine children attended the clinic and
were seen by the Ophthalmic Surgeon during 1936. Spectacles were
prescribed and provided for 146 of these. The corresponding
figures for 1935 were 220 and 128 respectively.
(e) Dental Clinic.— Dental treatment of school children is
carried out by Mrs. A. M. Ferry, L.D.S., one of the County
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