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Barking 1943

[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking]

Published
1944
Pages
24
Tables
12

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12 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    (a) Routine Medical Inspections.
    Year 1942.Year 1943.
  • Page 5
    AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. BOYS.
    Age-Group.Number of individual children examined.Year 1941Year 1942Year 1943
    Height (ins.)Weight (1bs.)Height (ins.)Weight (lbs.)Height (ins.)Weight (lbs.)
  • Page 5
    GIRLS.
    Age-Group.Number of individual children examined.Year 1941Year 1942Year 1943
    Height (ins.)Weight (lbs.]Height ( ins. )Weight (lbs.)Height ( ins.)Weight (lbs.)
  • Page 6
    You will observe from the following comparative table that the number of cases attending these clinics for treatment again show an increase over previous years:-
    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 7
    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.
    Years:-1941.19421943194119421943194119421943
  • Page 7
    Squint training has been carried out at Central Clinic during the year where a considerable amount of valuable work was done as will be seen by the statistics:-
    Year 1941.Year 1942.Year 1943.
  • Page 8
    TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
    Received Operative Treatment:-Number of Defects.
    Year 1941Year 1942Year 1943
  • Page 9
    (l) Number of children inspected by the Dentist: -
    (a) Routine Age-groups:-Year 1941Tear 1942Year 1943
  • Page 12
    The following table shows the defects dealt with at all your Clinics for the treatment of skin conditions in school children for the past three years:-
    Year 1941.Year 1942.Year 1943.
  • Page 13
    Table showing the number of children inspected in the Routine Age-groups during the years 1941, 1942 and 1943, and the Classification of the Nutrition of such children.
    Entrants.Second Age-Group.Third Age-Group.Other Routine Inspections.Totals.
    1941194219431941194219431941194219431941194219431941194219431941-1943 (Inclusive)
  • Page 14
    CLEANLINESS INSPECTIONS AND RESULTS.
    Year 1941.Year 1942.Year 1943.
  • Page 17
    The following statistics show the extent to which the numerous services, afforded by the Barking Authority, are utilized by the Secondary and Technical pupils, and I think it right to draw attention to the fact that no dental inspection was made, chiefly owing to staffing difficulties.
    MEDICAL INSPECTION.Year 1941.Year 1942.Year 1943.