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Hendon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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18.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1941.
TABLE I
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OP CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS:
| (1) | No. of Inspections in the prescribed Groups: | |
| Entrants | 1760 | |
| Second Age Group | 2275 | |
| Third Age Group | 1428 | |
| TOTAL | 5463 | |
| (2) | No. of other Routine Inspections | Nil |
| GRANT TOTAL | 5463 |
B. OTHER INSPECTIONS.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections: 5967
TABLE II
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN. INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR
IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS
| Number of Children Inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly sub-nomal) | D (Bad) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
| 5463 | 938 | 17.17 | 3824 ' | 70. | 696 | 12.74 | 5 | |||
TABLE III
GROUP I.- TREATMENT OF MINOR AILMENTS (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS)
| Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme | 4498 |
| GROUP II.- TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. | |
| Under Authority's Scheme. | |
| ERRORS OF EEFR4CTICN (including squint) | 584 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group i) | 4 |
| Total | 588 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |
| (a) Prescribed | 323 |
| (b) Obtained | 268 |