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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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1944.
TABLE I
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS CF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. | ||
(1) No. of Inspections: | ||
Entrants | 1487 | |
Second Age Group | 1361 | |
Third Age Group | 1316 | |
TOTAL | 4164 | |
(2) No. of other Routine | ||
Inspections | — | |
GRAND TOTAL - | 4164 | |
B. OTHER INSPECTIONS: | ||
No. of Special Inspections and re-inspections | 4837 |
TABLE II
CLASSIFICATION OP THE NUTRITION ON CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE
ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
Number of Children Inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly sub-normal) | D (Bad) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
4164. | 868 | 20.85 | 2640 | 63.40 | 623 | 14.96 | 33 | .79 |
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 | 5788 | |
GROUP II. - TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. | ||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 1008 12 | |
Total | 1020 | |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were | ||
(a) Prescribed 270. (b) Obtained | 247 | |
GROUP III. - TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. Received Operative Treatment 113 Received other forms of Treatment Total number treated 113 |