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Bromley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Orthoptic.
North Clinic, Station Road Monday p.m.
Tuesday a.m. & p.m.
Thursday a.m. & p.m.
Friday a.m.
(By appointment only.)
Orthopadic.
North Clinic, Station Road 1st & 3rd Friday in every
month p.m.
(By appointment only.)
Physiotherapy.
North Clinic, Station Road Tuesday a.m. & p.m.
Thursday and Friday a.m.
(By appointment only.)
Speech.
South Clinic, Princes Plain Wednesday p.m.
(By appointment only.)
Lip Reading.
South Clinic, Princes Plain Wednesday 5-6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 12 noon
(By appointment only.)
PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
A total of 3,830 children were examined at the periodic medical
inspections, necessitating the holding of 269 medical inspection
sessions. The average attendance at each session was 14.2. (Figures
for 1954 were 3,998 examinations, 318 sessions, and average attendance
at each session 12.6.)
345 individual pupils were found to require treatment, excluding
dental diseases and infestation with vermin. This gives a percentage
of 9.0 compared with 7.2 for 1954.
Detailed information on the general condition of the pupils
inspected will be found in Table IIB in the appendix to this report.

Comparative rates of the general condition of the pupils examined during the past five years are as under:

19551954195319521951
Category "A" (Good)31.54%33.74%32.11%50.08%64.42%
Category "B" (Fair)65.12%64.91%66.28%48.90%34.63%
Category "C" (Poor)3.34%1.35%1.61 %1.02%0.95%

It will be noted that the figures for the general condition of
pupils have shown little significant alteration during the past three
years, and it can be considered that all in categories "A" and "B"
are satisfactory.