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, 1952.
Page
Members of Welfare Committee 80
Officers of the Committee 80
Staff 80
Introduction 81
General Information 82
School Hygiene 83
Medical Inspections at Schools 84
Special Examinations 84
Dental Service 85
Ophthalmic Clinic 85
Orthoptic Clinic 86
Ear, Nose and Throat Defects 86
Orthopaedic Clinic 87
Physiotherapy and Sunlight Clinic 87
Speech Clinic 88
Vermin and Uncleanliness Inspection 88
Exceptional and Handicapped Children 89
Child Guidance 89
Milk in Schools 89
School Meals Service 89
Employment of Children and Young Persons 90
Bromley Schools' Boot Club 90
Provision of Clothing 90
Infectious Diseases in Schools 90
Juvenile Delinquency 91
Physical Education 91
STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table I.— Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained
Primary and Secondary Schools—
A. Periodic Medical Inspections 97
B. Other Inspections 97
C. Pupils found to require treatment 97
„ II.— A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection
in the year 1952 98
B. Classification of the General Condition of
Pupils Inspected during the year, in age
groups 98
„ III.— Group I. Diseases of the Skin 99
Group II. Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and
Squint 99
Group III. Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and
Throat 99
Group IV. Orthopædic and Postural Defects 100
Group V. Minor Ailments 100
„ IV.— Dental Inspections, Treatment, and Orthodontics 100
„ V.— Infestation with Vermin 101
„ VI.— Orthoptic Clinic 102
„ VII.— Handicapped Pupils 102
„ VIII.— Independent Schools 104