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
PAGE
Introduction 5
Staff 5
School buildings and equipment 6
Medical inspection 7
The nutritional state of London school children 16
Following-up 20
Medical and dental treatment 22
Co-operation of voluntary bodies 27
Stammering children 27
Rheumatism scheme 28
Personal hygiene scheme 31
Chronic invalidity 32
Sleep of school children 33
Infectious diseases in schools 33
Open-air education 39
Convalescence 41
School journeys 41
Physical education 41
Provision of meals 47
Defective children 51
Stamford House remand home 58
Child guidance 61
Nursery schools and nursery classes 63
Medical inspection at secondary and junior technical schools, training
colleges, etc. 64
Hospital schools 65
Special inquiries and reports 65
Wage-earning employment of school children 67
Examination of candidates for the education service and scholars 67
Statistical Tables—
I. Medical inspections 68
II. Defects 69
III. Exceptional children 70
IV. Treatment of minor ailments 71
V. Medical inspection—Number of children examined 72
VI. Medical treatment—Number of cases treated 73
VII. Medical inspection of students in higher education institutions 73
Index 74
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