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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
Dagenham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| School | Dept. | AGE GROUP. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 + | |||
| Brought forward | 1 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 74 | |
| Park | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Parsloes | I. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ | G. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Rush Green | I. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Joseph's R.C. | I. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ „ | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Peter's R.C. | I. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ „ | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Wood Lane | I. | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| „ „ | B. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ „ | G. | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Triptons | B. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| „ | G. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Valence Avenue | I. | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| „ „ | B. | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| „ „ | G. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Village | I. | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Warren | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — |
| Whalebone | I. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ | M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| —Schools not in District | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 93 | ||
Schick Testing and Immunisation.
As in former years this treatment was encouraged
for all children between the ages of one year and
fourteen.
The scheme is brought to the notice of parents
chiefly by two methods, namely, consent forms are
posted so as to arrive on the child's first birthday and
schools are visited by the Medical Officer of Health and
the Head Teachers are asked to co-operate by explaining
the methods to parents anxious for their children to be
protected. In addition, the Medical Officer of Health
has on many occasions during the year addressed
meetings of Co-operative Guilds, Women's Labour
Sections and Mothers' Unions and during the course of