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 London County Council]
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CONTENTS
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Introduction 5
Staff 5
School Buildings and Equipment 6
Medical Inspection 9
Nutrition Centres 19
Following-up 21
Medical and Dental Treatment 23
Stammering Children 31
Rheumatism Scheme 31
Personal Hygiene Scheme 34
Chronic Invalidity 36
Infectious Diseases in Schools 37
Open-air Education 45
Convalescence 48
School Journeys 48
Physical Education 49
Provision of Meals 52
Defective Children 54
Stamford House Remand Home 59
Child Guidance 60
Nursery Schools and the Care of Infants 64
Medical Inspection and Treatment—Day Continuation Schools, Evening
Institutes and Junior Instruction Centres 68
Medical Inspection at Secondary and Trade Schools 68
Residential Schools and Children's Homes 70
Hospital Schools 71
Special Inquiries and Reports 72
Wage-earning Employment of School Children 72
Examination of Employees in the Education Service and Scholars 73
Statistical Tables.—
I. Medical Inspections 74
II. Defects 75
III. Exceptional Children 77
IV. Treatment of Minor Ailments 78
V. Medical Inspection—Number of Children Examined 79
VI. Medical Treatment—Number of Cases Treated 80
VII. Medical Inspection of Students in Higher Education Institutions 80
Index 81