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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

Tottenham 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

Table: TABLE 1.Medical Inspections of Children attending Public Elementary Schools - Year ended 31st December, 1941.

TABLE 1.

Medical Inspections of Children attending Public Elementary Schools - Year ended 31st December, 1941.

A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
(1) No. of Inspections in the prescribed Groups: Entrants1,209
Second Age Group651
Third Age Group525
Total2,385.
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections327.
Grand Total2,712.
3. OTHER INSPECTIONS.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections13,762.

Table: TABLE 11.Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups.

TABLE 11.

Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups.

No. of Children Inspe cted.A. (Excellent).B. (Normal).C (Slightly Sub-Normal).D. (Bad).
No.%No.< %No.%No.%
2712.450.16.5194971.929510.9187

Table: TABLE 111.

TABLE 111.

GROUP 1. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness)
Total number of defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme3198.
GROUP 11. Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint
Errors of Refraction (including Squint)Under the Authority's Scheme. 1 486.
Other defects or diseases of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1)11.
Total497.
No. of Children for whom spectacles wereUnder the Authority's Scheme,
(a) Prescribed349.
(b) Obtained349.