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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Nutritional classification of pupils examined:- | ||||
Satisfactory 881 | 1,162 | 1,532 | 230 | 3,805 |
Unsatisfactory 9 | - | - | - | 9 |
(b) SPECIAL | ||||
Number of children specially examined (including medical examinations for School Camps, Boxing and Part-time employment) | 5,497 | |||
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 4,056 | |||
Number of defects found requiring observation | 47 | |||
(c) RE-INSPECTION | ||||
Number of children re-inspected | 6,066 | |||
2. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN | ||||
(a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics:- (i) Ear, Nose and Throat | 462 | |||
(ii)Ophthalmic | 2, 233 | |||
(iii) Orthopaedic | 54 | |||
(iv) Paediatric | 108 | |||
(v) Skin | 1,000 | |||
(b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:- | ||||
15,565 | ||||
(ii) Chiropody | 438 | |||
(iii) Orthopaedic | 709 | |||
(iv) Orthoptic | 1,159 | |||
(v) Speech Therapy | 2,038 | |||
(vi) Skin | 2,825 | |||
(c) Number of children who received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids | 97 | |||
3. HOME VISITING | ||||
Total number of visits made by School Nurses | 1,547 | |||
4. HYGIENE INSPECTIONS | ||||
(i) Number of examinations of pupils in school | 11,634 | |||
(ii) Number of pupils found unclean | 88 | |||
5. DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT | ||||
(i) Number of pupils inspected in school | 1,930 | |||
(ii) Number of pupils inspected at Clinics | 785 | |||
Total | 2,715 |