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EDUCATION.
Question:—Why are Medical Officers of Health so interested in
Education ?
Answer:—Medical Officers of Health are vitally interested in Education because
they believe, so far as the past is concerned, that all great advances in Public Health
have waited on great advances in Education, and because they believe that, both
at the present time and in the future, a well educated public is the only real
foundation of co-operation between Medical Officers and the people they strive to
serve.
SERVICES PROVIDED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Question:—What Medical Services are provided for School Children ?
Anszcer:—In the year 1947, so we are told, there were officially 12,119 school
children in Barking, and of these no less than 8,970 were seen by your Medical
Officers during the course of Periodic Medical Inspection.
This Periodic Medical Inspection is the most important of all the services
provided. The results of the findings of such enable you to assess the health of
the children as a whole and enable you to detect defects which require attention.
When the defects are detected they are dealt
with by Assistant Medical Officers where possible and,
if necessary, these children are referred to the various
Specialist Consultant Sen-ices.
Of course not all the defects which come to our
notice do so by reason of Periodic Medical Inspection.
In many cases the parents themselves bring their
children to us at the Clinics and in some cases children
are referred to us by their teachers.
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Question:—What is meant by the term "School Hygiene" ?
Answer:—"Hygeia" was the Goddess of Health, and "Hygiene "—named
after her—is the science of such health. Strictly speaking the application of this
knowledge should be named "sanitation" but, loosely speaking, the word
''Hygiene" is used not only to cover the scientific side of this matter but sometimes
in its practical application.
Specialist Consultant
Services
Ear, Nose and Throat.
Orthopaedic.
Ophthalmic.
Paediatric.
Skin.