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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The following table shows the number of children examined at routine and special inspections during 1927, 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. | |||
Park Modern | 4 | 45 | 52 | 40 |
Gascoigne | 24 | 234 | 239 | 343 |
North St. | 21 | 184 | 169 | 240 |
Castle | 2 | 30 | 12 | 15 |
Creeksmouth | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Westbury | 21 | 198 | 195 | 288 |
Ripple | 16 | 153 | 187 | 245 |
Faircross | 10 | 103 | 90 | 47 |
VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS.
Church of England | 15 | 115 | 126 | 135 |
Roman Catholic | 7 | 50 | 61 | 54 |
(5) FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
Table II., Appendix (a), gives a return of defects found during
the course of routine examination. Of those examined at routine
and special inspections, 784 or 34.8 per cent., had some defect
and the actual percentage requiring treatment was 16.7.
(a) Uncleanliness.—I am advised that the satisfactory decline
in uncleanliness noted last year has continued.