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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.
The number of children on the roll at December 31st, 1937, was
17,917. The following are the particulars of children inspected
during the year:—
Routine Medical Inspections 5,644
Entrants 2,329
Intermediates 1,431
Other ages 413
Leavers 1,471
Special Inspections 1,968
Re-inspections 1,939
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
The attendances at the clinics established for the treatment of
minor ailments were:—
Roxeth Hill Council School, South Harrow 1,815
Broadway Clinic, Wealdstone 3,131
Whitchurch Institute, Stanmore 632
Treatment of Visual Defects.
641 children were refracted (including 146 re-tests) at the
ophthalmic clinic held at the Broadway Clinic, Wealdstone, and 53
other children examined. Spectacles were prescribed for 410
children and changes of lens in a further 35, while repairs to the
glasses of 101 children were arranged. Four 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
666 1,164 1,091 958 922 869 1,105 726 527 66 3 8,097
Of this number 5,688 were found to require treatment.