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Bromley 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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has improved rather than deteriorated. The sickness rate
has been unusually low. There are a few cases
where the nervous instability has been aggravated by
war conditions, and in most of these cases we have been
able to arrange evacuation to quiet areas through voluntary
organisations. Bromley is not an evacuation area,
and my firm impression is that the people of Bromley
take a pride in their ability to withstand the stress and
strain of war. The children themselves are unconsciously
making history.
The death of Mrs. A. G. Mann, B.A., J.P., on 25th
October, 1940, brought to a close a long and valuable
voluntary service to education in Bromley, and in particular
to the School Medical and Care Committee Services
with which she was closely associated since their
inception. We cannot pay too high a tribute to the
memory of one who rendered for many years exceptional
voluntary service to the community.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1940.
| No. of children on the School Roll | 4,187 | |
| No. of individual children who attended medical clinics | 1,212 | |
| No. of individual children medically examined at schools | 1,507 | |
| No. of medical examinations at the clinics | 4,674 | |
| (a) North Clinic | 1,331 | |
| (b) South Clinic | 1,605 | |
| (c) Special Clinics | 1,738 | |
| No of attendances by children for Treatment bv the school nurses | 7,007 | |
| (a) North Clinic | 3,638 | |
| (b) South Clinic | 3,369 | |
| No. of inspections for uncleanliness and verminous conditions by the school nurses | 7,790 | |
| No. of attendances for treatment at the Dental Clinic | 4,931 | |