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Hendon 1943

[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: TABLE IMEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

TABLE I

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS,
(l) No. of Inspections:
Entrants1675
Second Age Group1781
Third Age Group1851
TOTAL5307
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections—
GRAND TOTAL5307
B. OTHER INSPECTIONS:
No. of Special Inspections and re-inspections5079

Table: TABLE IICLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THEROUTINE AGE GROUPS.

TABLE II

CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE

ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.

Number of Children InspectedA (Excellent)(Normal)0 (Slightly sub-normal)D (Bad)
No.%No,%No.%No.%
530790218.503756i70.7756610.673.06

Table: TABLE III

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 Scheme7124
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)5
Total580
No, of children for whom spectacles were
(a) Proscribed340
(b) Obtained292