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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barking 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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(5) FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Table II (A) on pages 221 and 222 gives in detail a
return of defects found during the course of routine
and special inspections at ordinary elementary schools
and at the clinics.

Table: The following table is similar to Table I (C) of the Returns to the Board of Education (given on page 220 of this report), except that it shows the percentage of children found to require treatment :—

The following table is similar to Table I (C) of the Returns to the Board of Education (given on page 220 of this report), except that it shows the percentage of children found to require treatment :—

Group.Number of Children.Percentage of children found to require Treatment.
Inspected.Found to require Treatment.
PRESCRIBED GROUPS : Entrants1,63944026.8
Second age group1,41930121.2
Third age group1,24919015.2
Totals (prescribed groups)4,30793121.6
OTHER ROUTINE INSPECTIONS4099723.7

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(a) Malnutrition.—The Board of Education's classification
of nutrition into the groups " excellent,"
" normal," " slightly sub-normal" and " bad,"
introduced in 1935, has been continued.
After allowing for the individual differences amongst
school medical officers at the examinations for children
with regard to nutrition, it is still encouraging to note
(see table on page 225) that malnutrition in its worst
sense still remains infrequent amongst children attending
the elementary schools of your Town.