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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 1937

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

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63
All cases for urgent treatment are kept under
observation by the School Nurses under the direction of the
School Medical Officer who may re-inspect the children
at any time.
3.—Special Inspections.
Children are brought before the School Medical Officer
at the Schools or sent to the Clinic by the Teachers for
his opinion and advice.
In keeping Medical Records, the dossier system is
employed, in which all records relating to an individual
child are filed in one covering envelope.

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.
EntrantsBoys20818789
Girls16814586
Second Age GroupBoys18012066
Girls18014177
Third Age GroupBoys25111645
Girls1466947

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The attendance of parents at routine medical inspections
of boys of the Third (leaver) Age Group is always rather
poor, and this is to be regretted.
The percentage of parents attending with their boys
of this third age group is also considerably lowered, because
many of the boys come from Dr. Barnardo's Home.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION
(a) Malnutrition.
There are eleven delicate children who show varying
degrees of undernourishment attending the Open Air Day
School, where they receive a good hot mid-day meal and
milk in the morning and afternoon.