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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
Beckenham 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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The following summary shows the work of this Clinic during 1944, and comparative figures are given for the two preceding years :—
| Sessions | Surgeons Examinations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New cases | Re-examinations | ||||
| School | Infants | School | Infants | ||
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| Year | Treatment by Nurse | Electrical and other treatments | Fees Paid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massage | Exercises | ||||||||
| School | Infants | School | Infants | School | Infants | ||||
The progress of children admitted to Hospital for the correction
of various deformities has been satisfactory in every case.
ULTRA VIOLET RAY CLINIC
The sessions held totalled 44 and the attendances 425 school
children and 427 infants. A fee per attendance is charged in all
but necessitous cases, and a total amount of £24 12s. 8d. was
received during the year.
John A. Cholmeley, F.R.C.S.
OTHER WORK OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
This work has been carried out amongst children since 1928,
and the percentage of children of school age who have been artificially
immunised is very satisfactory.
MALNUTRITION AND DEBILITY.
The statistical tables at the end of this report include one
giving the classifications into four groups of all children who were
examined at routine medical inspections during the year. The
groups are J—
A=Excellent. Normal. C=Slightly subnormal. D=Bad.
. In classifying the cases the general well-being of the child and
not the height and weight only were taken into consideration.
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