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Employment of School-children and Young Persons.
During 1959, 135 children were submitted for medical examination
in accordance with the Bye-laws made under Part
II of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 and all were
found to be medically fit.
Employment of Children in Entertainments Provisional
Amending Rules. - 11 Certificates were granted during the
year.
B.G.G. VACCINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
No. of pupils to whom B.C.G. was offered 2,268
No. of pupils whose parents consented to
treatment 1,107
No. of pupils undergoing tuberculin test *1,150
Positive: 59
No. of pupils who received B.C.G. 994
* 43 carried forward from previous year.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, OFFICERS
AND SERVANTS. - The following examinations were
carried out during 1959:-
Officers Servants Teachers intending Total
Teachers
New Appointments 14 26 18 52 110
Under Sickness Regulations — 4 — — 4
THE CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN OF SCHOOL
AGE (i.e., FROM 5-15 YEARS) IN ILFORD,
DURING 1959 WERE:-
Chronic renal failure 1
Multiple Metastases 1
Sub-dural Haemorrhage 1
Leukaemia 2
Hepatic Failure 1
Respiratory Failure 1
Rupture of Congenital Intracranial
Aneurysm 1
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