Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Table I.— Medical Inspections of Children attending Public Elementary Schools—Year ended 31st December, 1944.
a.— Routine Medical Inspections. | |
(1) No. of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | |
Entrants | 1,355 |
Second Age Group | 1,035 |
Third Age Group | 853 |
Total | 3,243 |
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections | 733 |
Grand Total | 3,976 |
B.— Other Inspections.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections 20,018.
Table II.— Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected
during the year in the routine age groups.
No. of Children Inspected. | A. (Excellent). | B. (Normal). | C. (Slightly Sub-Normal). | D. (Bad). | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
3,976 | 431 | 10.84 | 3144 | 79.07 | 386 | 9.7 | 15 | 0.37 |
Table III.
year under the Authority's Scheme 4,187
Under the Authority's Scheme. | |
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 562 |
Other defects or diseases of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 4 |
Total | 566 |
Under the Authority's Scheme. | |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were: | |
(a) Prescribed | 524 |
517 |