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Two of the Health Visitors and School Nurses were seconded for a period
as Matrons at two of the Ilford School Camps.
2. Co-ordination.— Vide 1937 Report.
3. School Premises.— There are 23 schools, with 36 departments, 9,420
children were actually on the rolls on 19th December, 1940.
Owing to present conditions the general school building programme has
been suspended.
The Sanitary Inspectors have paid the usual monthly visits to the
elementary schools (1) to enquire as to the milk supplies, (2) to inspect the
sanitary arrangements. 311 visits have been made during the year.
4. Medical Inspection.—This has been carried out in accordance with
the Board of Education (Special Services) Regulations, dated the 18th August,
1925, Section 17 of which states:
The Authority must provide for the medical inspection of all children in
Public Elementary Schools as soon as possible in the twelve months
following:—
(a) their first admission to Public Elementary Schools, and
(b) their attaining the age of eight years, and
(c) their attaining the age of twelve years.
Also—in accordance with the Board's Circular, 1523, dated the 21st
August, 1940, a rapid survey of all the children in the schools was carried out
during the last term of the year. 4,685 children were seen, of which 1,489
were recommended for full routine medical inspection, 101 for special treatment,
and 275 for supplementary nourishment.

Disinfection of all the cloakrooms at the public elementary schools was
carried out during the Summer and Winter vacations.
No schools were closed during the year on account of infectious disease.
Table VII on page 64 shows the incidence of infectious disease in the
Ilford schools during 1940.
542 home visits were paid by the Health Visitors to cases of minor infectious
disease.

Result of final Schick test in 1940 of cases inoculated in 1939: