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 OP EDUCATION.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1945.
TABLE I
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OP PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. | |
(l) No. of Inspections: | |
Entrants | 1696 |
Second Age Croup | 1325 |
Third Age Group | 2722 |
TOTAL | 5743 |
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections | 530 |
GRAND TOTAL | 6273 |
B. OTHER INSPECTIONS. | |
No. of Special Inspections and Re-inspections. | 6071 |
TABLE II
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN
THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
Number of Pupils Inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly sub-normal) | D (Bad) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
6273 | 1660 | 26.46 | 3965 | 63.21 | 630 | 10.04 | 18 | .29 |
TABLE III
GROUP | I. - TREATMENT OP MINOR AILMENTS (Excluding uncleanliness) | |||
Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme | 4035 | |||
GROUP | II. - TREATMENT OP DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. | Under Authority's Scheme | ||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 1055 | |||
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 48 | |||
Total | 1103 | |||
No. of pupils for whom spectacles were | ||||
(a) Prescribed | 478. | (b) Obtained | 446 | |
GROUP | III. - TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. | Under Authority's Scheme | ||
Received operative treatment | 24 | |||
Received other forms of Treatment | 501 | |||
Total number treated | 525 |