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 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 Classes | 83 |
Infants Schools | 845 |
Junior Mixed and Infants Schools | 286 |
Junior Schools | 1422 |
Senior Schools | 1196 |
No. of children on School Roll | 3832 | |
No. of individual children who attended medical clinics | 2917 | |
No. of individual children medically examined at schools | 3028 | |
No. of medical examinations at the clinics | 8300 | |
(i) Hainault | 7584 | |
(ii) Bedonwell | 716 | |
No. of inspections for uncleanliness and verminous | ||
conditions (school nurses) | 10325 | |
No. of attendances for treatment at the Dental Clinic | 2588 | |
No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic | 350 | |
No. of spectacles prescribed | 199 | |
No. of operations for Tonsils and Adenoids | 37 | |
No. of attendances at the Orthopaedic Clinic | 488 | |
(i) For consultation | 321 | |
(ii) For treatment, massage, etc. | 167 | |
No. of attendances at Ultra Violet Rav Clinics | 139 |
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