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, 1954.
Members of the Welfare Committee 82
Officers of the Committee 82
Staff 82
Introduction 83
General Information 84
Clinics 84
Minor Ailments 85
School Hygiene 85
Periodic Medical Inspections 85
Special Examinations 86
Independent Schools 86
Other Examinations 87
Dental Service 87
Ophthalmic Clinic 88
Orthoptic Clinic 89
Ear, Nose and Throat Defects 89
Orthopedic Clinic 89
Physiotherapy Clinic 90
Speech Clinic 90
Vermin and Uncleanliness 91
Handicapped Pupils 91
Child Guidance 92
Milk in Schools 92
School Meals Service 92
Employment of Children and Young Persons 92
Bromley Schools' Boot Club 92
Welfare—Provision of Clothing 92
Infectious Diseases in Schools 92
Juvenile Delinquency 93
Physical Education 94
STATISTICAL TABLES.
Table 1.—Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained
Primary and Secondary Schools 99
A. Periodic Medical Inspections 99
B. Other Inspections 99
C. Pupils found to reguire treatment 99
„ II.—A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection
in the Year 1954 100
B. Classification of the General Condition of Pupils
Inspected during the Year, in age groups 100
„ III.—Group I. Diseases of the Skin 101
Group II. Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and
Squint 101
Group III. Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and
Throat 101
Group IV. Orthopedic and Postural Defects 101
Group V. Minor Ailments 101
,, IV.—Dental Inspection, Treatment and Orthodontics 102
,, V.—Infestation with Vermin 103
,, VI.—Orthoptic Clinic 103
,, VII.—Handicapped Pupils 103
„ VIII.—Independent Schools 105