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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

Kingston upon Thames 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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All Saints' School.
Internal and external decorations were carried out.
Only minor repairs and decorations were necessary in
other Schools.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
All Departments of every School are visited by the
School Medical Officer each term for the purpose of carrying
out Routine, Special and Re-inspections.
A full description of the methods employed at these
inspections was set out in the Annual Report for 1930.
In no instance did any parent object to Medical Examination
of a child.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Malnutrition.
Malnutrition from actual want may be regarded as
almost non-existent in the Borough. Delicate children
exhibiting varying degrees of malnutrition are followed-up
at School, and if recommended by the School Medical
Officer they are transferred to the Grange Road Open Air
Day School, provided the parents concur in the proposal.

Table: Parents are always warned beforehand as to the hour their children are to be medically examined at Routine Inspections, and during the year attended as follows :—

Parents are always warned beforehand as to the hour their children are to be medically examined at Routine Inspections, and during the year attended as follows :—

No. of Children Examined.No. of Parents Present.Per centage.
Entrants:Boys19516283
Girls18415785
Second Age Group:Boys21214568
Girls18112066
Third Age Group:Boys2267533
Girls20510551