Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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(2) Non-routine Inspections as follows:—
(a) Children not in the aforementioned routine groups who
are presented by the head-teachers for examination
for some defect or suspected defect.
(b) Children requiring supervision on account of some
defect found at a previous routine or non-routine
examination.
(c) Childrer sent to the School Clinic by the head-teachers,
attendance officers or school nurses for examination
for some defect or suspected defect.
(3) Annual Inspections at the schools or at the School Clinic of
(a) Physically defective or crippled children
(b) Mentally defective children.
In the following tables are indicated the total number of
children medically inspected in a routine manner. It will be
seen that they include 696 entrants, 605 intermediates and 446
leavers, making the total routine inspections 1,747, or 27.3 per cent,
of the children on the school registers.
Number of Children Inspected.
School | Entrants | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | ||
Drayton | 57 | 64 | 121 |
Lammas | 70 | 30 | 100 |
Little Ealing | 87 | 64 | 151 |
Northfields | 24 | 26 | 50 |
North Ealing | 38 | 42 | 80 |
Good Shepherd Hall (temporary) | 25 | 34 | 59 |
St. Saviour's | 40 | 43 | 83 |
St. John's | 32 | 20 | 52 |
Total | 373 | 323 | 696 |