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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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efficiency of the services provided by the local Authority.
His comments are of special interest as we have here the
viewpoint of a man, not only highly experienced in the
medical care of children, but of a newcomer to our
services.
The following table classifies the nutrition of children inspected during the past four years in the routine school inspections:—
Nutrition Standard.
| Children examined at routine inspections. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942. | 1941. | 1940. | 1939. | |
| Excellent | 6.68 | 7.63 | 8.36 | 9.38 |
| Normal | 84.06 | 84.25 | 83.75 | 78.47 |
| Subnormal | 9.19 | 8.03 | 7.76 | 10.03 |
| Dad | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 2.12 |
Medical Defects.
The following table summarises briefly the defects discovered at routine and special inspections:—
| Defect or Disease of: | Routine Inspections requiring | Special Inspections requiring | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment. | Observation. | Treatment. | Observation. | ||
| Skin | 12 | 1 | 679 | 4 | |
| Eyes | 12 | 3 | 122 | 5 | |
| Ears | 60 | 76 | 185 | 5 | |
| Nose and Throat | 16 | 59 | 355 | 43 | |
| Defective Speech | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Heart | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | |
| Lungs (non T.B.) | 1 | — | 143 | 9 | |
| Tuberc-Pulm | — | — | — | — | |
| non-Pulm. | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Nervous system | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
| Deformities | 56 | 3 | 64 | 1 | |
| Miscellaneous | 40 | 12 | 844 | 87 | |
| 200 | 165 | 2416 | 165 | ||