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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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CO-ORDINATION.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of
Health.
The School Nurses are also Health Visitors, and each
carries out Maternity, Child Welfare, Infant Life Protection
and School work.
The Offices of the School Medical Service together
with the Clinics, Welfare Centre, and Open Air Day School
are situated at the Health Centre in Grange Road.
The Public Health Department was transferred from
the Health Centre to the Guildhall in August.
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Certain external painting and internal decorations
were carried out at Bonner Hill Road, Richmond Road,
and St. John's Schools, and asphalting at St. Luke's and
St. Peter's 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.
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 | Boys | 172 | 146 | 85 |
| Girls | 200 | 167 | 83 | |
| Second Age Group: | Boys | 201 | 132 | 65 |
| Girls | 193 | 134 | 70 | |
| Third Age Group: | Boys | 235 | 67 | 28 |
| Girls | 170 | 78 | 46 | |
In no instance did any parent object to Medical Examination
of a child.