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Barking 1926

[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking

Published
1927
Pages
90
Tables
29

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29 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    With the exception of the Special School, no facilities exist at any of the others for the drying of children's clothes or boots.
    School.Number of children who do not return home for midday meal.Whether facilities exist for heating of children's meals.Whether facilities exist for the drying of children's clothes and boots.
  • Page 8
    The number of children examined as entrants, intermediates and leavers, besides those examined otherwise than during routine inspection, together with the percentage of defectives found, is furnished by the subjoined table:—
    Entrants.IntermediatesLeavers.Specials.Other Routine Examinations.Total.
  • Page 9
    The following table shows the number of children examined at routine and special inspections during 1926, classified according to the schools attended, the number of inspections held in each school and the number of parents or guardians present:-
    COUNCIL SCHOOLS.
    School.No. of inspections.Numbers inspected.No. of parents present.
    Boys.Girls.
  • Page 10
    For purposes of these inspections the various schools undivided between two school nurses, every school is fully inspected during each term, and the results of these examinations are as follows:—
    School.Dept.Nits only.Nits and Vermin (head)Body and clothing verminous.
  • Page 11
    (b) Heights and Weights.—The following table gives the average heights and weights of children examined at the three undermentioned age periods in four of the schools, compared with the results at similar age periods in 1925.
    Age PeriodAverage Height in inches.Average Weight in pounds
    1925.1926.1825.1920.
  • Page 15
    A summary of the work of the two school nurses during the year is as follows:—
  • Page 18
    CLINICS.—The numbers of school children attending in 1926 were as follows:—
    Clinic.No. of children seen.Total No of attendances.
  • Page 19
    Skin Diseases .—Most skin diseases fall within the group of Minor Ailments, the following being under treatment during the year:—
    Ringworm.Scabies.Impetigo.Other Skin Diseases.Minor injuries.
    Head.Body.
  • Page 20
    Particulars of work done in connection with Orthopaedic Clinic.
    No. of visits by Orthopedic SurgeonNo. of visits by MasseuseATTENDANCES
    Primary ExaminationRe-ExaminationFor TreatmentTotal
    School ChildrenUnder School AgeSchool ChildrenUnder School AgeSchool ChildrenUnder School Age
  • Page 21
    Children on the Physically Defective Register may be classified under the following groups:—
    Atrophic and paralytic.Spastic.Tuberculosis (Surgical)Injuries.Congenital defectsSevere heart affections.Acute infections.Others (including marked postural defects.)
  • Page 26
    Details of inspections carried out are supplied from the following table:—
    Entrants.Intermediates (12 years old.)Leavers. (15 years old.)
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
  • Page 26
    Re-Inspections.
    Number re-inspected.Number found to have been treated.
  • Page 29
    Thirty school children and seventeen children under school age were examined by me for the first time during the year, my findings being as follows:—
    SCHOOL CHILDREN.
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    CHILDREN UNDER SCHOOL AGE.
  • Page 30
    The following operations have been carried out:—
  • Page 31
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  • Page 33
    Particulars of this work may be found in the subjoined table.
  • Page 37
    TABLE 1.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
  • Page 38
    TABLE II.— A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1926.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections
    No. ofDefects.No. ofDefects
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 39
    TABLE II.— Continued.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections
    No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
    Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring TreatmentRequiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 40
    B.—Number of Individual Children FOUND AT Routine MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEAN LINESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    Group.Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment.
    Inspected.Found to require treatment
  • Page 41
    TABLE III.—RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 42
    TABLE III.— continued.
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 43
    TABLE IV.—TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 44
    Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects Treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.—.)
    Defect or Disease.Under Authority's Scheme.Number of defects dealt with.
    Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 44
    NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of treatment.Total number treated
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 45
    Group IV__Dental Defects.
  • Page 46
    GROUP V.—UNCLEANLIXESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.