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Edmonton 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Medical Inspection aid Treatment fie turns
Year Ended 31st December, 1942.
C
li-JEsLE I. Medical Inspections of children attending x'ublic
Elementary Schools. . • .
A - tiOUTIi1.. ivieblCAii IMbPHCxiuub,
(1) No. of Inspections in the Prescribed Age Groups:
Entrants; I696. S conc. Age Group: ljjl. Third Age Group: 1151.
Total: 4358.
(2) No. of oth^r Routine Inspections: Nil
Grand Tnt^ l 4.^8
B - OTHER INSPECTIONS ♦
No. of Special Inspections unci He-Inspections 787
TABLE II Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Yec r in the Routine Age Groups.
| Number of Children Insp. | A | B | C | D | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | N 0. | No. | % | No. | No. | |||
| 4353 | 588 | 3164 | 72.58 | 571 | 55 | |||
(I) Total No. of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme: 7001.
| (2) Treatment oi D„fe\&ye Vision and Squint, | |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | |
| Errors ol Refraction (including squint) | 952 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1) | 1 |
| 955 | |
| No. of children for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 911 |
| (b) Obtained | 910 |
| (3) Treatment 01 Defects of Nose and Throat Received Operative Treatment: | |
| Received oth^r forms of treatment | |
| Total Number treated | 524 |
TABLE IV Dental Inspection and Treatment.
| (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist fa) Routine Age Groups | 0 10080 |
| (b) Specials | 1727 |
| (c) Total (Routine & Specials | 11807 |
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