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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic | 567 | |
| No. of spectacles prescribed | 227 | |
| No. of operations for Tonsils and Adenoids | 112 | |
| No. of attendances at the Orthopædic Clinic | 1,950 | |
| (a) For Consultations | 272 | |
| (h) For treatments, massage, etc. | 1,678 | |
| No. of attendances at Ultra Violet Ray Clinics | 1,461 | |
| No. of children referred to the Care Committee | 38 | |
Hygiene of Schools.
No works of improvements to school buildings could
be undertaken during 1940. All interiors of trenches
and shelters have been treated with waterproofing
material and treated with two coats of washable distemper.
Tubular heating was also installed throughout.
SECTION A. MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
| Total 'No. of routine medical inspections at schools | 1,507 | |
| (a) Entrants | 764 | |
| (b) Second Age Group | 368 | |
| (c) Third Age Group | 375 | |
| Total No. of special inspections and re-inspections at the clinics (It should be noted that examinations of 700 overseas evacuees and 1,038 inspections carried out at the specialists' clinics are not included in the above figure of 2,936.) | 2,936 | |