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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 1941
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking]
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(11) SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
Faircross School remained open throughout 1941,
the number of physically defective children on the roll "being
37 and mentally defective 16. Thirteen sessions of school
medical inspection were carried out during the year.
(12 ) UNCLEANLINESS .
Systematic examination of children at routine
cleanliness inspections has been carried out by the school
nurses throughout 1941.
The following table records the results of cleanliness inspections for the past three years:-
| 1939. | 1940. | 1941. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses. | 22,539 | 13,657 | 15,342 |
| Number of individual children found unclean. | 777 | 413 | 538 |
| Number of uncleanliness findings. | 1,038 | 632 | 782 |
| Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87(2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921. | 7 | 83 | 22 |
| Percentage of uncleanliness findings. | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.1% |
This small increase in the percentage of
uncleanliness can hardly be said to be of any significance.
(13) OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
No week-end school camps or holiday camps wore held
during 1941.
Hydon Heath Camp School which had been allocated
to Barking by the National Camps Corporation in June 1940.,
continued to function satisfactorily. The figures in attendance
dropped from 184 in December 1940, to 158 in December
1941, no doubt due to the fact that air raids practically
ceased towards the middle of the year. Those children who
remained kept in good health and no epidemics or undue illhealth
was reported from the Camp during this year.
One of your Health Visitors is stationed at Hydon
Heath permanently and two of the local doctors are attached to
the Camp.
The following table shows the amount of work done
in this section:-
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