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 Edmonton]
This page requires JavaScript
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Medical Inspection and Treatment Returns
Year Ended 31st December, 1941
TABLE I. Medical Inspections o f children attending Public Elementary Schools.
A - ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. | |
(1) No. of Inspections in the Prescribed Age Groups: | |
Entrants: 959. Second Age Group: 756. Third Age Croup: 376 | |
Total: | 2091 |
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections: | 20 |
Grand Total: | 2111 |
B-OTHER INSPECTIONS. | |
No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections: | 832 |
TABLE II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
No. of Children Insp. | A | B | C | D | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | No. | % | No. | % | No. | |||
2111 | 221 | 10.47 | 1402 | 66.41 | 458 | 21.7 | 30 | 1.42 |
TABLE III. Treatment of Minor Ailments (Excluding uncleanliness).
(1) Total No. of Defects treated or under treatment during the Year under the Authority's Scheme: 4612 | Under the Authority's Scheme | ||
(2) Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint. | 784 | ||
Errors of Refraction (including Squint: | |||
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in (1)). | 20 | ||
Total: | 804 | ||
No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||
(a) Prescribed: | 721 | ||
(b) Obtained: | 690 | ||
(3) Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. | |||
Received Operative treatment: | 172 | ||
Received other forms of treatment: | 62 | ||
Total Number treated: | 234 |
TABLE IV
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist | |||||
(a) Routine Age Groups: | |||||
Age | No. | Age | No. | Age | No. |
4 | 191 | 5 | 759 | 6 | 935 |
7 | 905 | 8 | 908 | 9 | 997 |
10 | 1143 | 11 | 941 | 12 | 852 |
13 | 1002 | 14 | 217 | 15 | 11 |
Total: | 8859 | ||||
(b) Specials | 1215 | ||||
(c) Total (Routine & Specials) | 10074 |