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Ilford 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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schools or by letter, the other as a result of the medical
inspection.
In addition, Miss Radford has visited the schools every
three months and examined the heads of all the children. By
this means a steady improvement has been effected, and from
the fact that the heads are subject to a periodical inspection
a great deal has been effected in keeping parents alive to the
importance of attending to this condition. It entails, of
course, an enormous amount of work, but the result justifies
the effort. I give a summary of the work done under the two
headings:—