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Malnutrition and Cleanliness.
Dr. Arnold Orgler, Assistant School Medical Officer, reporting
on his findings during 1943, reports that the nutrition
of the school children is good. He comments (vide his special
report which follows) that on the average the boys and girls
about 12—13 years old, are taller and heavier than the boys and
girls examined in the last year of peace, 1939. This he ascribes
as partly due to the provision of school meals and milk. The
nutrition of children of the entrant group and the intermediate
group is good taken on the average.
The intermediate group show an increase of "nervy"
children. As the examination of these children took place during
the incidence of air raids, Dr. Orgler thinks the increase may
be due to these circumstances.
In the cases of scabies and impetigo, Dr. Orgler could find
no increase; on the contrary, these diseases showed a slight but
certain decline in the last months of the year. Regarding
pediculosis, he reports a similar condition as in the previous
year.
REPORT ON HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN AVERAGING 13 YEARS.
(Comparison between 1939 and 1943)
By Arnold Orgler, Temporary Assistant Medical Officer
of Health.
In the School Medical Examination of the boys and girls
between 12½ and 13½ years old, I was impressed by the fact that,
in spite of the fourth year of war, these children showed a very
good weight and height. It seemed to me an interesting question
to investigate whether there is any difference between these
children and the children who were about 13 years old in the
last year of peace, 1939.