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 Hendon]
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1943.
TABLE I
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
| A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS, | |
| (l) No. of Inspections: | |
| Entrants | 1675 |
| Second Age Group | 1781 |
| Third Age Group | 1851 |
| TOTAL | 5307 |
| (2) No. of other Routine Inspections | — |
| GRAND TOTAL | 5307 |
| B. OTHER INSPECTIONS: | |
| No. of Special Inspections and re-inspections | 5079 |
TABLE II
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE
ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
| Number of Children Inspected | A (Excellent) | (Normal) | 0 (Slightly sub-normal) | D (Bad) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No, | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| 5307 | 902 | 18.50 | 3756 | 566 | 10.67 | 3 | .06 | ||
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 | 7124 |
| GROUP II. - TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT, | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 575 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | |
| Total | 580 |
| No, of children for whom spectacles were | |
| (a) Proscribed | 340 |
| (b) Obtained | 292 |