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Erith 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
| Under the Authority's Scheme (1) | Otherwise (2) | Total number treated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated | — | — | 305 | — | — | 3 | 308 |
TABLE V.
| (1) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 6 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 11866 |
| (3) Number of individual children found unclean | 156 |
| (4) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | - |
| (5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | — |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — |
NUTRITIONAL SURVEY.
The Ministry of Health has been conducting systematic
nutritional surveys of certain sections of the population
throughout the country during the past three years and following
a discussion with Dr. Magee of the Ministry of Health in
which it was intimated that to continue these examinations a
similar survey was desirable in this industrial borough,
arrangements were made for a conference with Dr. Adcock (of
the Ministry of Health). At this conference it was proposed
to use the clinical estimation of malnutrition states introduced
by Dr. Sydenstricker from America into this country, and it
was decided as far as possible to obtain a cross section of all
grades of the population of the town.