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Report of the School Medical
Officer.
As suggested by the Board of Education, the Annual
Report of the School Medical Services for purposes of war
economy is again shortened and curtailed.
Under the authority of the Erith Education Committee
there are 10 provided schools with 18 departments including
one Nursery School, and one non-provided school with one
department.
At the end of 1942 there were 4,742 children on the roll
of the elementary schools, distributed as follows:—
Nursery School 109
Infants Schools 1085
Junior Mixed and Infants Schools 342
Junior Schools 1659
Senior Schools 1537
In addition there were in Special Schools
(outside the District) –
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
No. of children on School Roll 4742
No. of individual children who attended medical clinics 3637
No. of individual children medically examined at schools 3212
No. of medical examinations at the clinics 12476
(1) Hainault 10540
(2) Bedonwell 1936
No. of inspections for uiicleanliness and verminous
conditions (school nurses) 11429
No. of attendances for treatment at the Dental Clinic 2687
No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic 205
No. of spectacles prescribed 124
No. of operations for Tonsils and Adenoids 60
No. of attendances at the Orthopaedic Clinic 1936
(1) For consultations 194
(2) For treatments, massage, etc. 1742
No. of attendances at Ultra Violet Ray Clinics 351