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in young children upon their entrance to school. The
recommendations in this report were: —
1. Additional Welfare Centres.
2a. Extension of the scope of the Special Clinic
for Delicate Children to cover the treatment
of squint, rheumatism and rickets.
2b. Provision of hospital beds for children suffering
from malnutrition, etc.
3. Dental Inspection of toddlers and increased
Dental Sessions.
4. Establishment of a Day Nursery.
The present position with regard to these recommendations
is as follows: —
1. No additional Centre has been provided, but
the old Centre at Thornton Hall, Mount
Street, has been replaced by a more suitable
one at St. Matthew.s Institute, Hereford
Street, where more Sessions are being held.
2. There has been no development under these
headings.
3. This has been carried out.
4. No action has been taken.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN.
The County School Medical Officer has kindly furnished
me with the following statistics with regard
to the medical inspection of the school children in the
Borough. It will be seen that more than half the
children inspected are found to require medical treatment.
In nutrition and in soundness of teeth and vision,
Bethnal Green children are under the average for
London, There can be no doubt this is mainly due