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Bromley 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1939.
No. on the School Roll 5,581
No. of individual children who attended
medical clinics 1,047
No. of individual children medically
examined at schools 1,087
No. of medical examinations at the
clinics 5,025
(a) North Clinic 1,818
(b) South Clinic 2,183
(c) Special Clinics 1,024
No. of attendances of children for treatment
by the school nurses 6,964
(a) North Clinic 3,164
(b) South Clinic 3,800
No. of inspections for uncleanliness and
verminous conditions by the school
nurses 8,294
No. of attendances for treatment at the
Dental Clinic 3,761
No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic 527
No. of spectacles prescribed 178
No. of operations for Tonsils and
Adenoids 119
No. of attendances at Orthopaedic Clinic 2,175
(a) For consultations 426
(b) For treatments, massage,
etc 1,749
No. of attendances at Ultra Violet Ray
Clinics 1,591
No. of children referred to the Care
Committee 78
Hygiene of Schools.
Aylesbury Boys' Council School was demolished and
a new council School for 320 senior girls has been erected.
Owing to the outbreak of war causing the abandonment
of the re-organisation of other schools in the Central area,