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xv. Supply of Insulin to Persons Suffering from Diabetes.
In May, 1930, the Council obtained the approval of the Ministry of Health to
supply Insulin to diabetic patients who were necessitous and unable to obtain it
under the National Health Insurance Acts. A continuing approval is obtained
yearly.
Insulin was supplied under this scheme to 18 patients during the year, the total
coat being £35 0s. 5d.
Insulin is supplied to medical practitioners under the following conditions:—
(1) The application must state the name, age, address, and sex of the patient
for whom it is required.
(2) A quarterly report must be furnished in respect of each patient treated,
giving the following information:—
(a) The number of doses of Insulin administered;
(b) Stating whether any tests were made of the urine or of the blood of the
patient, and, if so, by whom and with what results;
(c) A report on the progress of the patient.
xvi. School Medical Service (London County Council).
Through the courtesy of Sir Frederick Menzies, the School Medical Officer, I
am able to give the following particulars of the routine medical examination of
elementary school children in Woolwich in 1938.
The percentage of entrant boys requiring treatment for some defect or other
was 35.4, and of girls, 35.3; the corresponding figures for London being 47.5 per
cent., and 47.2 per cent. Excluding nutrition and dental defects, the percentage of
entrant boys requiring treatment was 14.3, and girls, 12.3; the corresponding
figures for London being 14.9 and 13.5.