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Southgate 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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With the approval of the Board of Education, the Education
Committee made arrangements for the introduction of a fourth
routine medical inspection during the school life of children attending
the Council's elementary schools. The revised age groups came
into operation on the 1st January, 1938, and I set out below the
ages at which children are routine medically inspected.
(1) All children who have not previously been medically
examined at any school, or in respect of whom no medical
record cards are available.
(2) Children who are between the ages of 7 and 8, and who
have not been examined at this age.
(3) Children who are between the ages of 10 and 11, and who
have not been examined at this age.
(4) Children aged 13 years and over who have not been examined
since attaining the age of 13.
(5) Special children, not included amongst the above, presenting
some urgent condition needing medical examination.
The total number of children inspected at the elementary schools during 1938 was as follows:—
| Inspected. | Requiring Treatment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 369 | 43 |
| Age 7 years | 380 | 26 |
| Age 10 years | 511 | 65 |
| Age 13 years and over | 254 | 37 |
| 1,514 | 171 | |
| Other ages | 351 | 61 |
| Special | 6 | - |
| 357 | 61 | |
| 1,871 | 232 |
School Clinics.—These are provided by the Middlesex County
Council.
(a) Minor Ailments Treatment Clinics.—The Education Committee
authorised the establishment of a temporary minor ailments
clinic in the neighbourhood of Tottenhall Road, pending the erection
of an additional clinic at Bowes Road. Arrangements were made
for the renting of St. Mary's Church Hall for one session per week.
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