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 Barking]
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Total (All Schools) | ||||||
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1,362 | ||||||
(ii) Second age group | 1,107 | |||||
(iii) Third age group | 1,021 | |||||
(iv) Others | 3,175 | |||||
Total | 6,665 | |||||
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 1,081 | |||||
Number of defects found requiring observation | 1,207 | |||||
Number of individual pupils found to require treatment | 1,002 | |||||
Nutritional classification of pupils examined:— | ||||||
Nutrition A: | 1,019 | 808 | 684 | 2,285 | 4,796 | |
Nutrition B: | 340 | 299 | 337 | 886 | 1,862 | |
Nutrition C: | 3 | — | — | 4 | 7 | |
(b) SPECIAL Number of children specially examined (including medical examinations for School Camps, Boxing and Part-time Employment) | 11,323 | |||||
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 6,568 | |||||
Number of defects found requiring observation | 177 | |||||
(c) RE-INSPECTION Number of children re-inspected | 8,706 | |||||
2. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics:— (i) Ear, Nose and Throat | 664 | |||||
(ii) Ophthalmic | 2,310 | |||||
(iii) Orthopaedic | 336 | |||||
(iv) Paediatric | 417 | |||||
(v) Skin | ||||||
(b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:— (i) Minor Ailment | 22,982 | |||||
(ii) Chiropody | 935 | |||||
(iii) Orthopaedic | 4,027 | |||||
(iv) Orthoptic | 1,828 | |||||
(v) Speech Therapy | 2,294 | |||||
(vi) Skin | 2,277 | |||||
(c) Number of children who received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids | 135 | |||||
3. HOME VISITING Total number of visits made by School Nurses | 2,602 |
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