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4. Mediacal inspection
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The number of children fully examined in the routine inspection
„ of eceh group during the yocr 1942 was 435&> and the analysis of the
age groups Vvere c..s follows
Entrants: 1896; Second Age Group: 1351; Third Age Group: 1131.
5. ???
(a) Malnut???
The folic .ing table gives the classification of the nutrition of
the Children inspected during the year 1942 in the routine age groups:-
Wo.
Inspectea A 3 C D
4553 538 3164 571 35
(b) Cleanliness.
The cleansing of heads ana the treatment of scabies continued to
be carried out at the Town hall Inspection Clinic.
(c) Minor Ailments na Diseases of the Skin.
Tho only clinic in this aistrict for the treatment of Minor
Ailments is at Croyland Roaa. The attendances for 1942 vera 20,139-
(d) Visual Defects and external eye Diseases.
The clinic for the treatment of visual defects was held, as usual,
at the Central Hail, Do re Street, N.9
Statistics are given at the ???ck of this report.
(e) Nose did Throat Delects na
(f) Ear diseases and Defective Hearing.
Mr. I.illiam Ibbotson attended the aural Clinic at the Croyland
iload Clinic tvice a month. The attendances for the year were:,
351 Mew CaSeS; 238 Old Cases. Total 569
Children -recommended for the removal of their tonsils and/or
adenoids \ ^re remittee- 00 tno j»iin3« Hospita.^ <..c parley Lane,
Goodmayes. The number oi cailaren receiving operative treatment
during 1942 a/as
Arrangements are J. so urn do for children to see the Specialist at
the ilorth MiaaleSe,, County Hospital, when parents prefer this, and
the number of operations carried out there during 1942 was 65.
Cases of speech c.efects were aealt v/ith by Miss Oldrey, the
Speech Therapist.
(g) Dental Defects.
The treatment of dental c.exects w,.s carried out at the Croyland
uoad r.ne Hazelbury aoad Dental Clinics. Particulars of attendances,
etc., are given at the ena oi this report.
Orthodontic CaSeS aero treated ??? the above two clinics, anri thetotal
number of cases on the registers up to tho end oi 1942 was 333°
(h) Orthopaedic ana Postural Defects.
Orthopaedic delects vere, c s in previous years, treated at the
Special Clinic held at the Dehtral Hall, Fore Street, N.9.
Mr. J. A. Cholmeley, the Orthopaedic Specialist, attended the
t Clinic monthly una Miss walker, the Masseuse, attendea on Monaay,
Wednesday, Thursaay na Friaay mornings.
The number ox attenaances during the year was 2461.
The Surgeon saw 85 new cases and 215 old cases total 298
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