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Heston and Isleworth 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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GROUP VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 2.05
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses 11,240
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean 587
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority 90
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws 10
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
STATISTICAL TABLES
TABLE IV.—OPHTHALMIC TREATMENT AND DENTAL INSPECTION AND
TREATMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| No. of Defects Dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
| ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint) | 32 | 32 | |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | — | — | — |
| Total | 32 | — | 32 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 32 | — | 32 |
| (b) Obtained | 30 | 1 | 31* |
The one outstanding case obtained glasses early in January, 1936.
TABLE V.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist
(a) Routine age-groups
| AGE | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 3 | 59 | 297 | 224 | 265 | 332 | 1180 |