[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton] page 5

Edmonton 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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BOARD OF_ EDUCATION
Medical Inspection and Treatment Returns
Year Ended 31st December, 1943.

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TABLE I. Medical Inspections of children attending Public E lementary Schools.

A - ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
(l) No. of Inspections in the Prescribed Age Groups:
Entrants: 2646. Second Age Groups:		2252
Third Age Group: 2002. Total:		6900
(2) No. of other Toutine Inspections:		Nil
GRAND TOTAL:		6900.
B - OTHER INSPECTIONS No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections		2571

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TABLEII Classification og the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the routine Age Groups.

Number of Children Insp.			A		B		C		D
Number of Children Insp.			No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
6900			1054	15.23	4994	72.38	840	12.17	12	.17

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TABLE III Treatment of Minor Ailments (Excluding Uncleanliness).

(l) Total No. of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme:	7627
(2) Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Under the Authority's Scheme.
Errors of Refraction (including squint)	1047
Other defect of disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1)	—
TOTAL	1047
No. of children for whom spectacles were:-
(a) Proscribed	981
(b) Obtained	975
(5) Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat
(a) Received Operative Treatment	237
(b) Received Other Forms of Treatment	342
Total Number Treated	579

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TABLE IV Dental Inspection and Treatment.

(l) Number of children inspected by the Dentist.
(a) Routine Age Groups	9010
(b) Specials	1698
Total (Routine & Specials)	10708
(2) Number found to require treatment	6599
(3) Number actually treated	3435
(4) Attendance made by children for treatment	10540
(5) Half-days devoted to:-
Inspection:	48
Treatment	754
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