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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Number of attendances for treatment by
| the School Nurses: — | ||
| (a) North Clinic | 7,760 | |
| (b) South Clinic | 5,220 | |
| 12,980 | ||
| Number of attendances of Elementary School children for treatment at the Dental Clinics | 5,050 | |
| Number of attendances under other Dental Schemes | 1,150 | |
| Number of treatments at the Eye Clinic | 534 | |
| Number of spectacles prescribed | 192 | |
| Number of attendances at the Orthopædic Clinic:— | ||
| (a) for consultations | 302 | |
| (b) for treatments, massage | 3,460 | |
| 3,762 | ||
| Number of attendances for U.V.R. Clinics:— | ||
| (a) North Clinic | 1,649 | |
| (b) South Clinic | 1,017 | |
| 2,666 | ||
Staff.
Particulars of staff are included at the commencement
of this Report.
Co-ordination.
Complete co-ordination exists between the School
Medical Service and the General Public Health Services.
Thus is achieved continuous health supervision of the
child from cradle to school-leaving-age.
Hygiene of Schools.
This heading refers to the hygienic standard and
conditions of school premises. No improvements were
undertaken during 1942.
To attempt to educate the child in personal hygiene
in an environment of antiquity and dilapidation, which
I fear are characteristics of some of our older schools, is
so much time wasted. These schools have outlived their
usefulness and should be scheduled in the period of reconstruction
for replacement by 'buildings possessing the
necessary hygienic environment.