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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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the new school is not at present being used solely for
senior girls. With the concurrence of the Managers of
Masons Hill C.E. School, that school has been closed
during the war and the Masons Hill scholars are being
accommodated at the new Aylesbury Council School.
SECTION A. MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Total No. of routine medical inspections
at schools 1,087
(a) Entrants 32
(b) Second Age Group 507
(c) Third Age Group 455
(d) Other routine inspections 33
Total No. of special inspections and
inspections at the clinics 5,020
Findings at Medical Inspections.
Malnutrition.
A classification of nutrition of 1,087 children
inspected up to 31st August, 1939, in the routine age
groups gives the following results.
The figures for The figures for 1938 are included by way of comparison :—
| 1939 | 1938 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition Standard. | No. of children | Per cent. | No. of children. | Per cent. |
| Excellent | 102 | 9.38 | 148 | 8.32 |
| Normal | 853 | 78.47 | 1436 | 80.81 |
| Subnormal | 109 | 10.03 | 178 | 10.01 |
| Bad | 23 | 2.12 | 15 | 0.84 |
| 1,087 | 1,777 | |||
There is further reference to nutrition under the
heading of Provision of Meals.