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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15.
The following Table gives particulars of the number of attendances
at the Health Centres for the various forms of treatment;-
TABLE XIII.
NUMBER OP ATTENDANCES OP CHILDREN FOR TREATMENT AT HEALTH CENTRES.
CLINIC | Public Elementary Schools. | Secondary & Technical Sohools. | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1943 | 1944 | 1943 | 1944 | 1943 | 1944 | |
Minor Ailment | 21703 | 432 | 792 | 29540 | 22495 | |
Dental | 11385 | 1723 | ||||
Ophthalmic | 1823 | 1654 | 426 | 2249 | ||
Speech | 1032 | 1040 | 1204 | |||
Orthoptic | 1743 | 1504 | 154 | 134 | 1897 | |
Orthopaedic | 2299 | 2672 | 425 | 251 | 2724 • | 2923 |
NUTRITION.
The following Tables show the nutritional standards of children
inspected in the routine age groups, both in the Public Elementary and
Secondary and Technical Schools;-
TABLE XIV.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Number of Children Inspected. | A. | B. | C. | D. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Excellent) | (Normal) | (Slightly sub-normal) | (Bad) | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
1942. | 947 | 18.90 | 3506 | 69.97 | 550 | 10.97 | 8 | 0.16 |
5011 | ||||||||
1943. | 982 | 18.50 | 3756 | 70.77 | 566 | 10.66 | 3 | 0.06 |
5307 | ||||||||
1944. | 868 | 20.85 | 2640 | 63.40 | 623 | 14.96 | 33 | 0.79 |
4164 |