Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The cost of the buildings amounted to £6,375, and the furnishing
and equipping £420.
The building was designed and the work supervised by the
Architect to the Education Committee, and Messrs. Thos. Bates &
Sons, of Coventry, were the Contractors.
The following pages show the plan of the Clinic, and photographs
of the Orthopaedic Clinic, Waiting Hall and Dental Clinic.
The proposed new schools or extensions are as follows:-
School. | Accommodation. |
---|---|
Balfour Road (former County High School)-Building to be used in connection with further reorganisation | |
*Eastern Avenue (Aldborough) Middle | 500 |
,, ,, ,, Lower | 500 |
Redbridge Middle | 300 |
,, Lower | 300 |
Clayhall | |
*Now in course of erection. |
The Sanitary Inspectors have paid the usual monthly visits
and visits in connection with milk supplies to the various elementary
schools in the Borough, and a total of 449 visits have been made
during the year.
4. Medical Inspection.—This has been carried out in
accordance with the Board of Education (Special Services) Regulations,
dated the 18th August, 1925, Section 17 of which states:—
The Authority must provide for the medical inspection of all
children in Public Elementary Schools as soon as possible in the
twelve months following—
(а) their first admission to Public Elementary Schools, and
(b) their attaining the age of eight years, and
(c) their attaining the age of twelve years.
During 1935 the number of visits by the Medical Officers to 55
different departments of 23 schools for the purposes of routine
medical inspection was 417. The number of children examined
during the year, falling within the above age groups, totalled
7,483 (3,630 boys and 3,853 girls), an increase of 336 over the