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Bromley 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE, 1950.
Members of Welfare Committee 86
Officers of Committee 86
Staff 86
Introduction 87
General Information 90
School Hygiene 90
Medical Inspections at Schools 91
Special Examinations 92
Dental Service 92
Vermin and Uncleanliness Inspection 92
Treatment Clinics 93
Orthopaedic Clinic 93
Ophthalmic Clinic 94
Orthoptic Clinic 94
Ear, Nose and Throat Defects 95
Speech Clinic 95
Exceptional and Handicapped Children 96
Child Guidance 97
Milk in Schools 97
School Meals Service 97
Nursery Schools 97
Employment of Children and Young Persons 98
Juvenile Delinquency 98
Bromley Schools' Boot Club 98
Necessitous Cases 98
Infectious Diseases in Schools 98
Physical Training 99
STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table I.—Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained
Primary and Secondary Schools 104
II.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection
during 1950 105
III.—Group I. Diseases of the Skin 106
Group II. Eye Diseases. Defective Vision and
Squint 106
Group III. Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and
Throat 106
Group IV. Orthopaedic and Postural Defects 107
Group V. Minor Ailments 107
IV.—Dental Inspection, Treatment, and Orthodontics 107
"V.—Infestation with Vermin 108
" VI.—Orthoptic Clinic 108
" VII.—Handicapped Children 109
" VIII.—Independent Schools 110