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Brentford and Chiswick 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MEDICAL. INSPECTION-AND TREATMENT RETURNS.
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1940.
TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
(1) No. of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:
Entrants 199 Second Age Group 285 Third Age Group 324
Total ' 808
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections 561 GRAND TOTAL 1369
B. OTHER INSPECTIONS.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-inspections 1050
TABLE 11
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
| Age Groups. | Number of children inspected. | A. Excellent. | B. Normal. | C. Slightly Subnormal . | D. Bad. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Entrants | 199 | 65 | 32.7 | 106 | 53.3 | 28 | 14.1 | - | - |
| Second Age Group | 285 | 115 | 40.4 | 127 | 44.6 | 42 | 14.7 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Third Age Group | 324 | 138 | 42.6 | 136 | 42.0 | 49 | 15.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Other Routine Inspections | 561 | 267 | 47.4 | 231 | 41.2 | 57 | 10.2 | 6 | l.l |
| TOTAL | 1369 | 585 | 42.7 | 600 | 43.8 | 176 | 12.8 | 8 | 0.6 |
TABlE 111.
GROUP I TREATMENT OF MINOR AIIMENTS.
Total number of Defects treated or under treatment during
the year under the Authority's Scheme 223