Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE, 1951.
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Members of Welfare Committee 78
Officers of the Committee 78
Staff 78
Introduction 79
General Information 84
School Hygiene 85
Medical Inspections at Schools 85
Special Examinations 86
Dental Service 86
Ophthalmic Clinic 87
Orthoptic Clinic 87
Ear, Nose and Throat Defects 87
Orthopaedic Clinic 88
Speech Clinic 89
Vermin and Uncleanliness Inspection 91
Exceptional and Handicapped Children 91
Child Guidance 92
Milk in Schools 92
Schools Meals Service 92
Nursery Schools 93
Employment of Children and Young Persons 93
Juvenile Delinquency 93
Bromley Schools' Boot Club 93
Necessitous Cases 93
Infectious Diseases in Schools 93
Physical Education 94
STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table I.—Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained
Primary and Secondary Schools 100
A. Periodic Medical Inspections 100
B. Other Inspections 100
C. Pupils found to require treatment 100
„ II.—A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection
in the year 1951 101
B. Classification of the general condition of pupils
inspected during the year, in age groups 101
,, III.—Group I. Diseases of the Skin 102
Group II. Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and
Squint 102
Group III. Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and
Throat 102
Group IV. Orthopædic and Postural Defects 103
Group V. Minor Ailments 103
,, IV.—Dental Inspection, Treatment and Orthodontics 103
,, V.—Infestation with Vermin 104
,, VI.—Orthoptic Clinic 104
,, VII.—Handicapped Pupils 105
,, VIII.—Independent Schools 106