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Referred to Dental Surgeon 4
Recommended Convalescent Home treatment 3
Recommended Child Guidance Clinic 1
Recommended Artificial Sunlight treatment 1
6 children received Artificial Sunlight treatment during the year.
Owing to the shortage of dentists no complete inspection of the
children's teeth was carried out at the Open Air School. There were, however,
a number of children treated by the Dental Surgeon at the Dental
Clinic.
The provision of extra rest and cod liver oil and milk continued as
before and children with lung diseases were given daily deep breathing
exercises.
Treatment for Uncleanliness.—The School Nurses paid 198 visits to
the schools (an average of 6 visits to cach school during the year), for
the purpose of inspecting the heads and clothing of the children with the
following results:—
Number of
Individual
Children
Examined
Number of
Examinations
of Children
Number
Infested
Percent.
21,065
59,965
*187
0.31
* Five of this number were found to be infected with living vermin;
the remainder with nits only. A child with any nits in the hair at all is
included in these figures.
The percentages for the past 5 years were as follows: —
1949 0.9
1950 0.5
1951 0.4
1952 0.4
1953 0.3
Other Ailments.— During 1953, 966 children were operated on for the
removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids as follows: —
King George Hospital 317
St. Mary's, Plaistow 6
Ilford Isolation Hospital 218
Mile End Hospital 3
East Ham Memorial Hospital 29
Privately 393
Provision of Meals and Milk for School-children.—The provision of
meals in the schools commenced on 7th October. 1940. The total number
of mid-day meals served during 1953 was 2.087,454 approximately.
There are 21 kitchens in the Borough, established at the following
schools:—
Barking Abbey. Barley Lane. Beal, Benton. County High Boys, County
High Girls, Cleveland. Dane, Fairlop. Gearies. Goodmayes.
Gordon, Loxford, Mayfield Boys. Mayfield Girls. Newbury Park.
Parkhill, Redbridge. The Glade. Uphall and Wm. Torbitt.
As from 6th August, 1946, milk in school has been supplied free of
charge in accordance with the Provision of Free Milk Regulations, 1946.
In October 1953. 19,513 children were receiving milk in school.
Work done b\ the N.S.P.C.C.—The following 43 cases were
investigated:—