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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 1929
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking]
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As reported elsewhere, the revision of the Tuberculosis Register has now been going on for some time, and during the year under review the following numbers of school children have been removed from the Notification Register.
| Removed from Register. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
|---|---|---|
| Cured | 4 | 12 |
| Amended Diagnosis | 25 | 12 |
| Left District | 7 | 5 |
| Died | — | *3 |
| Total | 36 | 32 |
* These 3 deaths did not all occur during the year under
review, although all the names have been removed during 1929.
Tuberculosis of the lungs amongst children is a relatively rare
disease. It is, however, sufficiently common in Essex for there to be
need for the County to make special provision to deal with it.
This they have to a certain extent done, and I regret to say that
pulmonary tuberculosis amongst school children is definitely
existing in Barking.
(k) Dental Defects.—Routine medical inspection bears testimony
to the efficiency of your dental service.
There is yet work to be done by co-ordinated effort in making
a higher standard for the first teeth, but generally speaking the
permanent teeth are relatively well cared for, and the children
leaving your schools show a very good percentage of sound, useful
dentures.
(I) Crippling Defects.—With reference to crippling defects,
we have a very happy state of affairs to record. The findings of
routine inspection show a considerable decrease in the number of
cases found last year.