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(4) MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Routine medical inspections have been carried
out at frequent intervals during 1941 and I am pleased
to report that the total number of such inspections
increased considerably on the figures of the previous
year. I would like to stress here once again that I
am convinced that these frequent medical inspections
are the most practical method of detecting medical
defects at an early stage and ensuring that the appropriate
treatment be expeditiously carried out.
(a) Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups
Entrants 1,2 85
Second Age-Group 927
Third Age-Group 1,041
Total 3,253
Number of other Routine Inspections 5,016
Grand Total 8,269
(b) Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections and
Re-inspection3 17,766
(c) Control Series of Heights & Weights of
Children Living in Marking. A request was received in
June from the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of
Education acting in conjunction with the Ministry of
Health, for a return of heights and weights of those
children remaining behind in Barking during the "blitz"
periods and included in Routine Medical Inspection.
The particulars were required in connection
with anthropometric investigation regarding the rate of
growth of such children. A comprehensive statement was
therefore prepared showing the heights and weights of a
number of children ranging from 8 to 13 years of age, who
had all been subjected to medical inspection during the
summer term of 1940 and 1941.
AVERAGE HEIGHT & WEIGHT.
Boys. Girls .
Number Examined. 1940. 1941. 1940. 1941.
Boys . Girls. H. W. H. W. H. W. H. W.
8 & 8+ 96 74 49½" 56½lb. 52" 61lb 49½" 55½lb 51½" 6¼lb
9 & 9+ 38 39 5l¾ 62¼ 53¾ 67 52 60½ 53½ 65½
12 & 12+ 49 43 58 79 60 89½ 59 83½ 61 97
13 & 13+ 7 11 58½ 88 61 100¼ 61 92 621/3 100½
This summarised table shows the average progress
made between the years 1940 and 1941 and is a fair indication
of the increase in both height and weight of the children
included in the survey.
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