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 Lewisham Borough]
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Records are kept of all sessions and attendances for each department of the Clinic
and these are summarised and presented to the Committee at each meeting. A
quarterly grant is made by the l.L.E.A. to meet the expenses of the centre, together
with the wages of the nursing staff and cleaners. The grant is in fact paid to the
Secretary who is responsible for its use. The Secretary also prepares yearly accounts
which give details as to how the grant is allocated under the various items of expenditure.
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
The figures provide an analysis of routine and non.routine medical inspections
with, for routine inspections, the percentage attendance of parents and care committee
representatives, the overall figures for prophylaxis, the proportion of children
found with physical condition unsatisfactory and the percentage referred for treatment
of all defects, and of defects other than vision.
The statistics quoted in this section have been supplied by the Inner London
Education Authority and are based on a school roll of 40,744 as at May 1966. For
comparative purposes, wherever possible, figures are also shown for the whole
of the area covered by the Inner London Education Authority, based on a total
school roll of 408,777 at the same date.
Table 15
Lewisham | l.L.E.A. | |
---|---|---|
15,454 | 157,092 | |
Number found not to warrant examination (7 plus 'specials scheme') | — | 1,981 |
53.5 | 52.5 | |
Care Committee present | 76.3 | 80.1 |
No. vaccinated against smallpox | 76.4 | 75.4 |
No. immunised against diphtheria | 89.5 | 86.7 |
No. immunised against whooping cough | 78.7 | 76.4 |
No. vaccinated against poliomyelitis | 85.5 | 83.7 |
Physical condition unsatisfactory | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Referred for treatment of defects | 13.9 | 13.7 |
Referred for treatment of defects other than vision | 7.1 | 7.1 |
4,958 | 50,370 | |
(ii) Re.inspections | 4,782 | 71,241 |
Total (i) and (ii) | 9,740 | 121,611 |
No. of routine inspections as percentage of school roll | 37.9 | 38.4 |
No. of non.routine inspections as percentage of school roll | 23.9 | 29.8 |