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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Harrow 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICES.
The following information regarding the school medical services
in the district has been kindly supplied by the County School
Medical Officer.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Medical Inspection.

Table: The number of children on the roll at December 31st, 1936, was 16,451. The following are the particulars of children inspected during the year:—

The number of children on the roll at December 31st, 1936, was 16,451. The following are the particulars of children inspected during the year:—

Routine Medical Inspections7,005
Entrants2,677
Intermediates1,831
Other ages451
Leavers2,046
Special Inspections2,838
Re-inspections2,121

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Treatment of Minor Ailments.
The attendances at the clinics established for the treatment of
minor ailments were:—
Roxeth Hill Council School, South Harrow 1,371
Broadway Clinic, Wealdstone 3,330
Whitchurch Institute, Stanmore 576
Treatment of Visual Defects.
645 children were refracted (including 145 re-tests) at the
ophthalmic clinic held at the Broadway Clinic, Wealdstone, and 26
other children examined. Spectacles were prescribed for 470
children and changes of lens in a further 37, while repairs to the
glasses of 76 children were arranged. Three cases of squint were
referred to hospital for operation, and four children suffering from
other diseases of the eye were sent to hospital for treatment.
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
Particulars of the routine dental inspection of elementary
school children are set out below:—
Ages.
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
461 822 658 667 792 696 564 746 734 279 18 6,437
Of this number 4,441 were found to require treatment.