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 Edmonton]
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BOARD OF_ EDUCATION
Medical Inspection and Treatment Returns
Year Ended 31st December, 1943.
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: | ||
(2) No. of other Toutine Inspections: | Nil | |
GRAND TOTAL: | 6900. | |
B - OTHER INSPECTIONS No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections |
Number of Children Insp. | A | B | C | D | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | No. | No. | No. | |||||||
1054 | 15.23 | 4994 | 72.38 | 840 | 12.17 | 12 | .17 |
TABLE III Treatment of
(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 | |
(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 |
TABLE IV Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(l) Number of children inspected by the Dentist. | |
(a) Routine Age Groups | |
(b) Specials | |
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 |
. | 802 |