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Barking 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

Published
1943
Pages
22
Tables
12

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12 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    The following comparative table shows the decline in the number of evacuation cases dealt with during the year 1942 as against the previous year:
    1942.1941.
  • Page 7
    AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. BOYS.
    Age-Group.Number of individual children examined.194019411942.
    Height.Weight.Height.Weight.Height.Weight.
    (ins. )(lbs.)(ins.)(lbs.)(ins.)(lbs.)
  • Page 7
    GIRLS.
    Age-Group.Number of individual children examined.194019411942.
    Height.Weight.Height.Weight.Height.Weight.
    (ins.)(lbs.)(ins.)(lbs.)(ins.)(lbs.)
  • Page 8
    The following table summarises the work of the Minor Ailment cinics in respect of public elementary school-children, and gives a comparison with the ye ars 1940 and 1941:-
    Year.Clinic.No. of days Clinic was open.No. of attendances.Daily Average Attendance.No. of cases dealt with.Total No, of attendances.Total No. of cases dealt with.
  • Page 9
    TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. (Excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments).
    Number of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise,Totals.
    194019411942194019411942194019411942
  • Page 9
    ORTHOPTIC CLINIC. Squint training has been carried out at Central Clinic daring the year where a considerable amount of valuable work was done as will be seen by the following table:-
    1941.1942.
  • Page 10
    TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
    Number of Defects.
  • Page 11
    The following table gives a summary of the work done for the twelve months ended 31st December, 1942, together with a comparative table for the years 1940 and 194I.
  • Page 12
    PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1942.
  • Page 16
    Table showing the number of children inspected in the Routine Age-Groups during the years 1940, 1941 and 1942, and the Classification of the Nutrition of such Children.
    Entrants.Second Age-Group.Third Age-Group.Other Routine Inspections.Totals.
    1940194119421940194119421940194119421940194119421940194119421940-1942 (inclusive)
  • Page 18
    The following table records the results of cleanliness inspections for the past three year:-
    1940.1941.1942.
  • Page 19
    INSPECTION BY MEDICAL OFFICERS.
    Number of Attendances.1st Inspection.Re-Inspection.Total number of Treatments.