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Erith 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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and this is gratifying for the school medical service is after all
an integral part of the environmental hygiene, and it would
surely be a retrograde step to try and isolate it from the other
health services of the town or district.
While the last two sentences may apply to the greater part
of England and Wales, the position at the moment in this
county is a little obscure as no meetings between county
district medical officers of health and the county medical staff
has been held this year to discuss the implementation of the
Education Act, 1944, and no divisional school medical officers
so far, have been appointed in Kent.

At the end of 1944, there were 3,882 children on the roll of the elementarv schools, distributed as follows: —

Nursery Classes83
Infants Schools845
Junior Mixed and Infants Schools286
Junior Schools1422
Senior Schools1196

THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

No. of children on School Roll3832
No. of individual children who attended medical clinics2917
No. of individual children medically examined at schools3028
No. of medical examinations at the clinics8300
(i) Hainault7584
(ii) Bedonwell716
No. of inspections for uncleanliness and verminous
conditions (school nurses)10325
No. of attendances for treatment at the Dental Clinic2588
No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic350
No. of spectacles prescribed199
No. of operations for Tonsils and Adenoids37
No. of attendances at the Orthopaedic Clinic488
(i) For consultation321
(ii) For treatment, massage, etc.167
No. of attendances at Ultra Violet Rav Clinics139

Medical Inspection.
The comprehensive system of medical inspection commenced
in 1941 has been continued throughout the present year.
The incidence of the flying bombs, from the 15th June
until the second week in September, resulted in a decrease in